10 Utterly Strange Animal Smuggling Stories
Animal smuggling is no joke: It ignores the welfare of the animals being smuggled, brings some species ever…
Team announces discovery of a unique animal with a secret ability
On a routine wildlife survey in a forest reserve in southwest China, scientists caught a weasel that turned…
It’s not just glow worms or fireflies that glow in the dark… this is the first ever image of a wild marsupial lighting up under UV
Bioluminescent creatures, such as glowworms, fireflies and oceanic algae that light up like underwater stars, produce their own…
Israeli photographer captures rare white fur seal pup on Antarctic expedition
On a wintry expedition to the edge of the world, nature photographer Matan Sharon encountered an exceptionally rare…
Rarely-Seen Seven-Arm ‘Blob’ Octopus Filmed by Underwater Camera
Seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) (Image: © 2025 MBARI) A rarely seen seven-arm octopus known as “the blob octopus”…
‘The impacts … are not yet known’
Microplastic pollution has contaminated virtually every part of the globe, and it’s even turning up in breath samples…
Botswana’s elephant hunting quota threatens to wipe out mature bulls: Report
The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely…
Experts thrilled by rare sighting of elusive creature in forest: ‘Reinforces the … importance’
Researchers were delighted to spot an elusive deer species in India’s forests, which demonstrated a positive sign of…
500 Years After Vanishing, First Wild Beaver Just Appeared in England—and No One Knows Where It Came From
For the first time in over five centuries, a wild beaver has been recorded in Norfolk, England—an unexpected…
How a fatal virus sparked Pulau Ubin’s mouse-deer boom
SINGAPORE – When a deadly virus wiped out nearly all of Pulau Ubin’s wild boars in 2023, mammal…
Rare creature with long, sharp spines is found to be a new species
In the forests of central Colombia, a roughly 2-foot long, quill-covered mammal has finally been recognized as new.…
Researchers thrilled by return of creature thought extinct for years: ‘This is a milestone’
A species once feared lost forever is getting a second chance. In an amazing conservation victory, Bangladesh has…