Device inside black box holds secret to ‘mind-blowing’ Tasmanian tiger breakthrough
Australia is now central to plans to bring animals back from extinction and protect those on the brink,…
Wombat carer John Creighton’s grand plans for a Southern Highlands sanctuary
John Creighton has spent much of his life studying and caring for bare-nosed wombats. He can imitate the…
Brushstrokes of gold: giraffe portrait shines in global wildlife fundraiser
In the stillness of night on Shompole Community Land in southern Kenya, a Maasai-owned giraffe cautiously approaches a…
What’s the biggest national park in the world? And no, it isn’t the one you think it is…
Natural areas have been granted a wide variety of protections, according to local, national and international standards –…
Record whale sightings off Kaikōura’s coast
Interns from Italy and France planned and ran the whale count in June. Photo: 123RF This year’s Kaikōura…
Tourists banned from Costa del Sol sea as deadly ‘blue dragons’ spotted
Brits on holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca have been warned of ‘blue dragons’, which have a potentially deadly…
Kanzi’s Surprising Skill in Tracking Social Relationships
Recent research, published in published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, has uncovered significant insights into the cognitive…
Three more giraffe species than previously thought, scientists say
Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Michael Brown Giraffes in Uganda’s Kidepo Valley Giraffes are one of the…
More than 1,000 rattlesnakes caught in Michigan wetlands. What scientists find in their DNA is concerning
A 15-year study has revealed that eastern massasauga rattlesnakes – the only rattlesnake species in the US state…
Teacher stares down bear at school in Japan, saving students from harm
The glare of a vice-principal is enough to make a bear run away. On the morning of 18…
Florida man bitten while taking photo with shark
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 10:24PM Shawn Meuse was posing with a lemon shark off the Florida coast when…
Spain CLOSES its beaches on seven mile stretch of beach in holiday hotspot over invasion of deadly sea creatures
Tourists have been banned from going into the water along an entire seven-mile stretch of Spain‘s Costa Blanca…