Wildlife authorities respond after humpback whale beached in Perth’s south
A humpback whale has become beached on a sand bank in shallow water at Port Kennedy in Perth’s…
Every wild land mammal on Earth — elephants, deer, wolves, mice and the rest — adds up to only about 20 million tonnes, a 2023 study estimated, roughly three kilograms per person, compared with about 390 million tonnes of humans
Add up every wild land mammal alive today, every elephant, wolf, red deer, field mouse and cave bat,…
Drone pilot films great white, tiger sharks gorging on whale carcass off Bawley Point
Professional bodyboarder and marine mammal rescue volunteer Lilly Pollard always wanted to film a shark from a drone…
Drones over the Azores recorded two sperm whales turning to face each other, converging at speed and striking head-on with the front of the skull — the battering-ram collision the species’ anatomy had implied for two centuries, and nobody had ever filmed
For two centuries, one detail about the sperm whale has sat there unresolved. Its head, taking up roughly…
Footage from the Red Sea shows octopuses hunting side by side with fish — and when a fish partner hangs back instead of flushing prey out on cue, the octopus has been filmed punching it with an extended arm, sometimes for no food reward at all
A day octopus flashes black and white for a fraction of a second, extends an arm, and strikes…
Despite weighing a massive 4 tonnes, this mammal can dive 2000 metres down, hold its breath for an incredible 2 hours and even control its heart rate
The gold medal for deep diving goes to a bull southern elephant seal, recorded at an incredible 2,388m,…
In 2024, fishers accidentally caught a 2.5-metre goblin shark alive off the Canary Islands, marking the first recorded live sighting of the species there |
Goblin shark, PC: University of La Laguna In May 2024, a group of recreational fishers off the coast…
Björn Persson’s New Book Highlights the World’s Incredible and Endangered Wildlife — Colossal
From the Tanzanian grasslands around Mount Kilimanjaro to the ever-evolving icy realm of Antarctica and beyond, Swedish photographer…
First Bluefin Tuna Caught in North Sea in 60 Years Is Sign of Healthy Ecosystem
– credit, Dominator, supplied to the BBC Jack Gardner couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the behemoth…
The secret love life of the longfin squid | MIT News
Longfin squid spawn year-round with seasonal and geographic peaks. In New England waters, spawning has been reported from…
Florida’s Everglades face new threat as an invasive Asian swamp eel wipes out local crayfish and frogs and could be more destructive than the Burmese python |
Florida’s Everglades is facing a stealthy invasive threat beneath its waters as the Asian swamp eel spreads through…
Shark records spanning 7,000 years challenge assumptions about overfishing
Fossil shark scales show that Panama’s Pacific once held 20 times more sharks than its Caribbean coast, changing…