New species of venomous box jellyfish discovered off the coast of Sentosa
SINGAPORE – Researchers from Singapore and Japan have discovered a new species of box jellyfish near Sentosa, and…
Female dolphins remember who is aggressive when choosing a mating partner, research shows | Dolphins
Female dolphins identify males by their unique calls and keep track of their past behaviour, choosing to avoid…
New Crocodile Cousin Discovered After 210 Million Years Hidden in Stone
210 million years ago, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa (left) is disturbed by Hesperosuchus agilis (right) near a Coelophysis carcass at…
Fox cub rescued from drain with aid of traffic cone – BBC
Fox cub rescued from drain with aid of traffic cone BBCFox cub rescued from drain near Newport with aid…
Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? We travelled to remote Guinea-Bissau to find out
Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled…
Heaviest snakes in the world: From green anacondas to giant pythons that rule the heavyweight reptile world |
PC: Natural History Museum When people talk about the heaviest snakes in the world, the discussion often drifts…
Killer Whales Teach Their Children To Beach Themselves — A Biologist Explains Why
Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach themselves for prey in a…
Call for public to assist in nationwide hedgehog count
Hedgehog Conservation Ireland and researchers at University of Galway and Oxford are calling on people to take part…
Meet Calmaria Incredibilis: The two-headed snake from China that fooled scientists for years until DNA proved it!
Snakes are interesting and scary creatures. While they have a revered image in various cultures across the world,…
There is a species of jellyfish that is essentially immortal — Turritopsis dohrnii, which can revert from its adult form back to its juvenile polyp stage when stressed or injured, and then mature again, potentially repeating the cycle indefinitely, in the only known case of a complex animal that can reverse its own aging process
In the warm coastal waters of the Mediterranean, and now globally distributed via ship ballast water, lives a…
Scientists took water samples from a pier in California – and made a surprising discovery about a “ruthless predator”
There’s a “ruthless predator” in the ocean that harpoons its prey and feasts on the toxic algae that can harm…
Wildlife-filled childhoods have been lost | Wildlife
Amy-Jane Beer describes witnessing “a devastating demonstration of what we’ve lost” in Britain during her visit to Biebrza…