How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists? | Taxonomy
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“Their eerie howling from a wintery mountainside will still bring a shiver to the spine” – 10 biggest wild dogs on the planet
We all know some of the more sizeable domestic dogs – Great Danes, Newfoundlands and St Bernards, for…
Bears Top the List in Japanese Harmful Animal Survey
Japan Data Society Environment Dec 5, 2025 A survey in Japan found that two in three respondents thought…
100 Years After Vultures Disappeared from These Mts, Their Return Completes ‘Europe’s Yellowstone’
A cinereous vulture (left) and a griffon vulture – credit Mike Prince CC 3.0 BY-SA Young griffon vultures…
New jaguar sighting in US confirmed by Arizona researchers
The spots gave it away. Just like a human fingerprint, the rosette pattern on each jaguar is unique…
“Seeing them walk free was incredibly rewarding”: 50 giant tortoises released on island in the Seychelles
Fifty formerly captive Aldabra giant tortoises have been released onto an exclusive private island in the Seychelles. The…
Drones capture lemon sharks hunting ‘jaguar’ fish in Brazil. It has never been recorded before
Drones have photographed lemon sharks feeding on invasive jaguar cichlids in Sueste Bay, part of the Fernando de…
Kayakers capture scary video of face-to-face encounter with giant shark: ‘Hungry animals’
A group of kayakers off the coast of Australia endured a terrifying ordeal after a massive great white…
Wait there’s wild hamsters? Oh yes – and they’re fuzzy, feisty, and just as cute and podgy as your childhood pet, just 4 times the size
When I was a child in the 1930os,” recalls 86-year-old farmer Marcel Riegel, “hamsters were incredibly easy to…
More than 60,000 penguins starve to death near Africa after fall in sardine numbers
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
“Spider Megacity” Found Inside Sulfur Cave
István Urák led an expedition to study the spider web in detail (Credit: Urak et al. 2025/ CC-BY-4.0/…
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study | Birds
More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a…