Scientists Document Sharks Scraping Against Manta Rays. But What Does It Mean?
It’s been seen again: Galapagos sharks rubbing themselves against giant manta rays, possibly to scrape off parasites! The…
Giraffes given a new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in the country’s largest park
KAMPALA: On a cold morning in Uganda’s largest national park, rangers chat and sing to lift their spirits…
Collared peccaries vanished from Uruguay after the 1800s; a 17-year breeding effort returned them to forests where a new generation has now been born
For more than 100 years, Uruguay’s grasslands and river forests were missing a native mammal that once moved…
Blue Whales Are Born Bigger Than Adult Great White Sharks
Great white sharks are documented scavengers of dead whales, and young blue whales are considered vulnerable to shark…
Scientists filmed this rare Arctic squid in the wild for the first time, guarding its eggs in sub-zero water inside the world’s largest national park
Credit: Maroni, P.J., Cornet, J., Skorikova, Y. et al./Springer Nature In the icy waters of Northeast Greenland, scientists…
In 1861, an English lord sent three red deer to New Zealand for sport; the animals later multiplied into a costly pest
A wild red deer. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons What began as an aristocratic gift intended to enhance New…
The Hidden Wildlife Challenge Of The Renewable Energy Boom
Wind turbines in a sunflower field set against a blue sky. getty Global investment in renewable energy has…
Polar bear pulls seal pup onto ice then backs away. The reason why is extraordinary
Wildlife watchers in Billefjorden, Svalbard, were stunned when a polar bear used a juvenile seal as bait to try to…
A baby elephant’s mother rejected her at birth. Her keeper refused to leave her side for nearly a month |
Image: The Washington Post When Asian elephant calf Linh Mai was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in…
“It’s as long as a Boeing 737 and its tongue alone is as heavy as a fully-grown elephant…” 10 biggest marine animals that have ever lived
It’s not a coincidence that nearly all of the largest animals that have ever existed lived underwater. Thanks…
After a setback, Big Bear eagle Jackie’s health has improved: she’s ‘much more feisty’
Internet-famous bald eagle Jackie’s health is improving after a scare over the weekend, the latest twist in a…
On Brink of Extinction, the Vaquita Porpoise is Being Preserved By Digital Image
Vaquita, Gulf of California in 2008 – NOAA Fisheries on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The elusive vaquita porpoise…