Come to Newfoundland, save a puffin — and leave thinking about light pollution
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The fight to save the Ganges shark and its last refuge
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N.B.’s devastated bat world offers cause for a bit of optimism
Karen Vanderwolf has spent her summer criss-crossing New Brunswick, hunting for bat poop. She’s been looking in spaces no one has bothered…
The twisted chemistry of Narwhal tusks | Research
Narwhal tusks grow in a distinctive helical structure because of the underlying molecular-scale arrangement of mineralised collagen. The…
In 2017, Florida scientists tested mosquitoes around Burmese pythons; three mosquito species contained python DNA in their blood meals, suggesting insects could help locate hidden giant snakes
The researchers collected mosquitoes from a Burmese python facility in Florida, where the snakes were housed in outdoor…
Shark records spanning 7,000 years challenge assumptions about overfishing
Fossil shark scales show that Panama’s Pacific once held 20 times more sharks than its Caribbean coast, changing…
Footage from the Red Sea shows octopuses hunting side by side with fish — and when a fish partner hangs back instead of flushing prey out on cue, the octopus has been filmed punching it with an extended arm, sometimes for no food reward at all
A day octopus flashes black and white for a fraction of a second, extends an arm, and strikes…
In 2024, fishers accidentally caught a 2.5-metre goblin shark alive off the Canary Islands, marking the first recorded live sighting of the species there |
Goblin shark, PC: University of La Laguna In May 2024, a group of recreational fishers off the coast…
Despite weighing a massive 4 tonnes, this mammal can dive 2000 metres down, hold its breath for an incredible 2 hours and even control its heart rate
The gold medal for deep diving goes to a bull southern elephant seal, recorded at an incredible 2,388m,…
First Bluefin Tuna Caught in North Sea in 60 Years Is Sign of Healthy Ecosystem
– credit, Dominator, supplied to the BBC Jack Gardner couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the behemoth…
Björn Persson’s New Book Highlights the World’s Incredible and Endangered Wildlife — Colossal
From the Tanzanian grasslands around Mount Kilimanjaro to the ever-evolving icy realm of Antarctica and beyond, Swedish photographer…
Florida’s Everglades face new threat as an invasive Asian swamp eel wipes out local crayfish and frogs and could be more destructive than the Burmese python |
Florida’s Everglades is facing a stealthy invasive threat beneath its waters as the Asian swamp eel spreads through…