New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
Tiger cats — small, wild cats in the Leopardus genus native to South and Central America — face…
Grand Teton National Park forced to kill bear “because of poor decisions” made by human visitors
A black bear was euthanized at Grand Teton National Park last week, in a move that park officials…
B.C.’s militarized wolf cull is a misguided approach to a complex issue
The government of British Columbia is facing renewed criticism over a proposed extension of its controversial wolf culling…
University of Florida researchers are using high-tech decoy rabbits that mimic prey signals to lure Burmese pythons out of Everglades hiding spots |
Researchers at the University of Florida are deploying high-tech rabbit decoys across the Everglades, designed to mimic the…
Camper bitten by bear in southern Colorado recalls moment it “came crashing” into tent
Kathleen Baran will be fine, thanks very much for asking, despite a black bear chomping down on her…
Watarrka waterhole live stream a window into secret life of NT desert
In the red heart of Central Australia, a dingo wanders to the edge of a waterhole. A wedge-tailed…
In 2013, St Agnes and Gugh began removing invasive rats brought by 18th-century shipwrecks; 12 years later, Manx shearwater breeding sites rose from 22 to a record 225
In the latest 2025 monitoring data, St Agnes and Gugh recorded 225 apparently occupied breeding sites (AOBs) for…
NParks seizes 101 illegally kept wild animals in islandwide raid, with 13 found dead
QUARANTINE AND CARE The animals will undergo mandatory quarantine of up to six months because their origins are…
‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey | Endangered species
It sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all brothers, on an epic journey to find a…
Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
It was a tragic sight. One day last July, a newborn humpback whale calf lay motionless on the…
In 1983, Britain reintroduced a butterfly declared extinct just four years earlier; the large blue has since surged 1,866% and now survives at 33 sites
A butterfly once declared extinct in Britain is now at the centre of one of the country’s most…
In 2003, scientists took one pair of giant stick insects from Ball’s Pyramid to Melbourne Zoo; 11 years later, their descendants had produced more than 11,000 young |
A Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) is crawling on a hand. Credits – Wikimedia Commons Conservation…