Endangered bonobo born at Twycross Zoo in ‘extraordinary moment’
Adam Kay The newborn was delivered to first-time mum Yuli on 11 September A zoo has announced the…
Baby Yak Trying to Find His Mom on First Time Out of Nursery Brings All the Feels
Your heart is about to melt. This sweet baby yak can’t find his mom and tries searching for…
World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados after 20 years
Hidden beneath a weathered rock in central Barbados, researchers recently spotted one of the planet’s tiniest reptiles —…
Chimps ‘lager a day’ in ripe fruit fuels drunken monkey theory
The research adds weight to the so-called “drunken monkey” hypothesis – the idea that the human appetite for…
Endangered Red and Yellow Mountain Frogs Are Bred for First Time–Years of Work to Save the Species
– credit Southern Cross University A unique and beautiful mountain-dwelling frog has been bred in captivity and released…
Cephalopods Passed a Cognitive Test Intended For Human Children : ScienceAlert
An eye-opening experiment on cephalopods reinforces why it is so important for us not to underestimate animal intelligence.…
Escaped monkey ‘went for a stroll’ in Co Donegal
Killian McLaughlin Killian McLaughlin with Joey the capuchin monkey There was some serious monkey business after a primate…
Department of Conservation takes down possum-control promo video after complaint
A still from the video, which has now been removed from DOC’s social media pages. Photo: Screenshot /…
Jaguar stuns scientists with longest swim ever recorded
Jaguars already carry a reputation as strong swimmers. What nobody expected was just how far one could go.…
Why Do Dead Spiders Always Curl Up?
Vertebrates (like humans) have what is termed a “closed circulatory system”. Nutrients and oxygen are carried to all…
Rural citizen scientists monitor wildlife activity to help conservation
After years dedicated to conserving his property on the NSW Mid North Coast, Andy McCoubrie was confident it…
Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit | Science
Someone have a word with the chimps? Observations of the apes in the wild show them imbibing the…