First-Ever Photos Reveal Secretive Giant Rat of New Guinea
Large rat Mallomys istapantap. Image from a camera trap. Credit: František Vejmělka, originally published in: Vejmělka, F. (2025).…
Week in wildlife: a flying teddy, a fishy shipwreck and a globe-trotting sea slug | Environment
In sea slug news: a “groundbreaking” discovery has been made, with the nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana, typically found in…
Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state is seen carrying a dead calf
EASTSOUND, Wash. (AP) — Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead…
Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia
MELBOURNE, Australia — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are…
Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia
MELBOURNE, Australia — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the…
Week in wildlife: a slow loris, a tiny deer and a glamorous dumpling squid | Environment
This photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla, was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer…
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex
Fijarczyk, A. & Babik, W. Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects. Mol. Ecol. 24, 3529–3545 (2015).…
Isotope analysis of fossil teeth provides insight into the habitat and life histories of the early hominin Paranthropus robustus
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Black rhino numbers have increased but there’s bad news for others
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there…