Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants – or too few | South Sudan
It is late on a January afternoon in the middle of South Sudan’s dry season, and the landscape,…
One of the last woolly rhinos to walk Earth was eaten by a wolf pup — and scientists have now sequenced its genome from the undigested meat
Scientists have analyzed the genome of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhino from a piece of its flesh found in…
Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach
That came as a surprise, since woolly rhinos disappear from the fossil record about 400 years later. Already,…
‘Strange Trail’ In Snow Leads Couple To A Tiny Animal Struggling To Survive
When Elieen and Paul Swan spotted a strange trail in the snow outside their home in Scotland one…
East Yorkshire residents told to license monkeys in private ownership
Richard MaddenEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Getty Images East Riding of Yorkshire Council has urged primate owners to apply…
‘It uses the many stormwater drains to enter and exit’
When wild animals get too close to areas with significant human presence, it can be dangerous for everyone…
Jono Ridler tells of shark encounter on Northland leg of 1600km ocean swim
“One shark was swimming next to me, not too long after starting. “I swam myself to the IRB,…
Rare Twins Born to Mountain Gorilla Family in Virunga National Park
– credit, Virunga National Park The Bageni family has a pair of blue balloons outside their mailbox, after…
How tiny spiders are able to kill and eat snakes up to a metre long and an enormous 355 times their weight
The way food-chains usually work is that small things get eaten by bigger things, which in turn get…
Entire eel population wiped out in Wairoa stream
Hundreds of tuna (eels), including breeding stock thought to be 40 to 50 years old, have been found…
Bears under California homes go from one-off to trend | California
Last week, it appeared the the saga of a black bear that had captivated the Los Angeles community…
By-law bids to ban feeding gulls in Eyemouth after attacks
David KnoxBBC Scotland News Getty Images A by-law could make it illegal to feed gulls in parts of…