‘Best Day of My Entire Life’: Incredible Polar Bear Encounter in Remote Canada
A breathtaking encounter with a polar bear in Canada’s Arctic left one Nunavut resident describing the moment as…
It has a rather grotesque face, electric organs, venomous spines and can swallow prey whole thanks to its huge mouth, which can suck them right in
Stargazers are a group of around 50 different fish species, each one as odd as the next. These…
A tiny owl flew 70 miles out to sea and collapsed on a yacht, exhausted and too weak to fly, she found an unlikely group of rescuers who refused to leave her behind
Sergeant Mark Petherbridge (L) and Captain Tom Court (R) with rescued barn owl, Little Regina, aboard Fujitsu British…
In 2021, National Geographic reported that Sydney cockatoos can pry open garbage bins; by the end of 2019, the learned trick had spread across 44 suburbs | World News
Cockatoo in Sydney. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons News from Sydney about cockatoos that learned to open garbage bins…
More grizzly bears killed in 2024 than any other year on record in Alberta
More grizzly bears were killed by people in 2024 than any other year on record in Alberta, according…
Hawaii once considered releasing cats to kill invasive rats on an island; scientists rejected the idea because the cats would attack native birds too | World News
Image: Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Department of Land and Natural Resources Lehua Island, a 284-acre seabird sanctuary…
Biologists who necropsied 75 bats found dead under wind turbines in southern Alberta counted 32 with visible injuries and 69 with blood pooled in their chests, because the pressure drop behind a passing blade bursts a bat’s lungs without the blade ever touching it
The mystery that sent biologists crawling under the wind turbines of southern Alberta was a simple contradiction: dead…
This shark can live 400 years. Its eyes barely seem to age
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk watches a Greenland shark glide slowly through the dark waters of the Arctic on her computer…
Fur seal’s death marks first Australian mainland mammal fatality from spreading H5 bird flu strain | Bird flu
A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the first confirmed case…
These National Geographic filmmakers spent four years following the journey of a single lion cub – I can’t wait to watch!
I’m a sucker for a good nature documentary, but National Geographic’s new series Lion – which premiered this…
In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling Koala habitat, then planted 44,000 Eucalyptus trees and added 1,630 more acres | World News
In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling Koala habitat. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons.…
Researchers in Japan documented carrion crows placing walnuts in front of cars stopped at traffic lights, then letting the vehicles crack the shells before retrieving the food — behaviour recorded repeatedly over 21 months.
A road junction in Sendai, Japan, in the early 1990s. The light turns red, a line of cars…