The mysterious murder of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey
Fossey’s early research demanded patience. To gain the gorillas’ trust, she began to mimic their behaviour. She told…
Nearly 3x More Encounters With Endangered Sumatran Tigers in Camera Trap Photos Than in Past Years
A resident female Sumatran tiger grooming one of her two large male cubs in October 2023 – credit,…
Don’t Let Their Name Fool You—Sea Slugs Are Awesome
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New Hornless “Arctic Rhino” Fossil Discovered
Far up north, in the frigid Canadian Arctic Circle, researchers have found a nearly complete fossil of a…
Why No Wild Animals Have Floppy Ears
It was 1959, and Dmitry Belyayev had a plan. He was going to take the silver fox –…
10 Utterly Strange Animal Smuggling Stories
Animal smuggling is no joke: It ignores the welfare of the animals being smuggled, brings some species ever…
Team announces discovery of a unique animal with a secret ability
On a routine wildlife survey in a forest reserve in southwest China, scientists caught a weasel that turned…
It’s not just glow worms or fireflies that glow in the dark… this is the first ever image of a wild marsupial lighting up under UV
Bioluminescent creatures, such as glowworms, fireflies and oceanic algae that light up like underwater stars, produce their own…
Israeli photographer captures rare white fur seal pup on Antarctic expedition
On a wintry expedition to the edge of the world, nature photographer Matan Sharon encountered an exceptionally rare…
Rarely-Seen Seven-Arm ‘Blob’ Octopus Filmed by Underwater Camera
Seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) (Image: © 2025 MBARI) A rarely seen seven-arm octopus known as “the blob octopus”…
‘The impacts … are not yet known’
Microplastic pollution has contaminated virtually every part of the globe, and it’s even turning up in breath samples…
Botswana’s elephant hunting quota threatens to wipe out mature bulls: Report
The reintroduction of elephant trophy hunting in Botswana in 2019, following a five-year moratorium, is likely…