Wildlife

The longest animal ever measured on Earth is not the blue whale. It is a thin, slimy, rust-coloured…

Female baboons who maintain strong family bonds with mothers, sisters, and daughters enjoy significantly longer lifespans, new research…

For more than 400 years, an oil painting titled Air by Flemish master Jan Brueghel the Elder has…

June 29 (UPI) — A jaguar that roamed residential neighborhoods in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu…

Hoiho penguins are declining on the South Island, but a new study says that they can thrive on…

Another case of the H5 bird flu has been confirmed on Australia’s coastline but authorities are breathing a…

To say that sharks are older than trees sounds like one of those comparisons made for effect. In…

An armadillo? An elephant? A rhinoceros? You’d be forgiven for thinking one of these animals has the thickest…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing…

Sharks are front of mind for many Sydneysiders and coastal New South Wales residents. In January, a teenager…

For the thousands of Sydneysiders who head for the ocean year-round (guilty), we’ve got reassuring news: shark-spotting drones…

BELGRADE, Serbia — Feliks’ journey resembles a Hollywood movie script, with kidnappers, smugglers and clandestine border crossings. The…

The bootlace worm found washed up on Scottish beaches after storms can stretch more than 55 metres when relaxed, making it longer than the largest blue whale, and it secretes a mucus laced with a neurotoxin that paralyses crabs and kills cockroaches in lab tests