Meat-Eating ‘Death-Ball’ Sponges : ScienceAlert
Sponges are some of the simplest and least dangerous animals on Earth, but a new species seems to…
5 animals that have unique superpowers like none other in the world
Nature never stops amazing us with creatures that seem straight out of a sci-fi flick. Be it deep-sea…
Science breakthrough as new tiny ‘pumpkin toad’ discovered hidden in depths of Brazilian tropical jungle
A previously unknown species of miniature “pumpkin” toadlet has been identified by biologists working in the tropical rainforests…
Woman Opens Window Curtains — And Gets A Free Show From A Bear On Ice
One morning this week, Whitney Doucet awoke at home in Massachusetts feeling the chill of the winter seeping…
Polar bears may be adapting to survive warmer climates thanks to their ‘jumping genes’
Published on 13/12/2025 – 8:00 GMT+1 Polar bears are rapidly undergoing “fundamental genetic changes” in a desperate attempt…
After Nearly Going Extinct, the Potoroo Reveals a Stunning Secret About Its Survival
The Gilbert’s potoroo was rediscovered in 1994 in Western Australia’s Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve after more than…
what’s worked – and what hasn’t
Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in…
Indonesia floods pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to world’s rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan
Bangkok, Dec 12 — Indonesia’s deadly flooding was an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, the…
Drunk raccoon found in liquor store suspected in karate studio break-in
A raccoon that broke into a Virginia store and joyfully drank its way through the liquor aisle is…
Giant python captured behind home in Malaysia, villagers ‘shocked’
A python measuring 21 feet and weighing more than 200 pounds was captured this week behind a home…
Drunk raccoon behind liquor store rampage suspected of other ‘break-ins’ | US News
A raccoon that passed out drunk after running amok in a Virginia liquor store is suspected of two…
‘Very novel and very puzzling’: Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant
Scientists have filmed a never-before-seen species of deep-sea squid burying itself upside down in the seafloor — a…