Crocodile head found in luggage at Italian airport | Illegal wildlife trade
An Italian man is facing a hefty fine or possible prison term after the dried head of a…
A fossil pincer more than 159 millimetres long has been identified as a scorpion’s, after a century in which the animal was most often filed among the crustaceans, and the scorpion reading was still being rejected in 2024
A fossil pincer held at the Natural History Museum in London is more than 159 millimetres long. One…
More than 100 eagle rays gathered around a tuna farm off Malta; scientists say it is the largest aggregation of the species ever recorded |
Picture of Myliobatis aquila. Image Credit: Wikipedia More than 100 ‘eagle rays’ were recorded gathering around a tuna…
‘So big and so close’: going on a bear hunt in northern Spain | Spain holidays
Once upon a time, in the woods outside Pola de Somiedo, lived a family of Cantabrian brown bears.…
Matters of the heart: what’s a blue whale’s heartbeat telling us?
The study found that heart rate immediately after a lunge jumped to around 22 beats per minute in…
Did you know which marine animal still completely eludes scientists?
Far beneath the ocean surface, an elusive, shadowy figure slips through the depths, evading even the most determined…
Canada released 26 bison into Banff National Park in 2017; the herd grew rapidly as scientists tracked its return to the wild | World News
In 2017, Parks Canada released 16 plains bison into Banff National Park, beginning a carefully monitored effort to…
In 2018, scientists moved wolves to an isolated island to rebuild its ecosystem; five years later, researchers found out if it worked |
A new study reveals that wolves brought back to Isle Royale National Park are building a self-sustaining population.…
Scientists tagged 14,000 endangered Australian moths with paint and eyelash glue to trace their migration; not one was found, and researchers say that may be good news
Representative Image (AI-generated) More than 14,000 Bogong moths were tagged in an unusual attempt to uncover the secrets…
American cheetah was not actually a cheetah, DNA reveals
Ancient DNA reveals that the American cheetah was actually closer to pumas, ranged into Arctic Yukon, and may…
It Looks and Tastes Like Beef, Is Actually Bird
When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich…
How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of…