The World’s Highest-Living Mammal Is Rewriting the Limits of Life
The Andean leaf-eared mouse has the same kind of muscle tissue as a marathon runner, one of multiple…
Neil the seal and the problems of popularity
There is a particular sound a wooden fence makes when a creature the size of a small car…
Rescuers Race To Save A Young Coyote With Something Green Stuck On Her Head
This week, volunteers from WILD Florida Rescue (WFR) received a concerning report from a Good Samaritan about an…
Orana Wildlife Park euthanises sick otter
Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park has euthanised one of its otters due to a mass on his neck. In…
Transport for NSW launches PAWS AI trial to prevent highway wildlife collisions
Australian animals have starred in the development of new AI technology to prevent wildlife collisions. Koalas, wombats and kangaroos…
A gray wolf’s rear teeth can generate more than twice the bite force of a domestic dog’s, and the skull geometry behind it helps the predator process the bones of elk-sized prey
The gray wolf’s bite is powerful, but the familiar 1,200 psi figure needs context before it can be…
Baby Bison Nova: Born in Joy, Lost Within Days at South Park
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Elephants can send messages through the ground vibrations
Elephants can hear something humans can’t: conversations traveling through the ground beneath their feet. Along with trumpets and…
Trunko: the sea monster that was rotting whale
On October 25, 1924, witnesses at Margate, South Africa reported watching a huge white creature battle two killer…
Chimpanzees climb hills, mongooses post guards and meerkats close ranks: Scientists reveal what animals do before going to war
Studies have shown that chimpanzee groups often rest on hilltops in places where conflicts with neighbouring groups are…
Minister snubs legal adviser, advancing Ben Gvir’s plan to surround prisons with crocodiles
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman, of Likud, reclassified the Nile crocodile as a “tended” wild animal this week,…
Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court
The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful. Think about that.…