Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for world’s rarest ape | Indonesia
The skull of a Tapanuli orangutan, caked in debris, stares out from a tomb of mud in North…
He snapped a photo of an eagle — what he saw in its claws stunned him
A fleeting, funny image can still reveal a serious story about how wildlife adapts to our cities. One…
Polar bears may be adapting to survive warmer climates, says study
image: Author data visualisation using temperature data from the Danish Meteorological Institute. Locations of bears in south-east (red…
Giant Loggerhead turtle found alive on Solway Coast beach
Lori CarnochanBBC Scotland News Casey Lammie The turtle was found near to Southerness Golf Club in the south…
A day out in the Death Strip: How a symbol of communist paranoia became a wild paradise
Cheiner Torfmoor, Germany — Germany’s most peaceful landscape owes its existence to one of its most paranoid. The…
How a Ugandan won the trust of a rainforest chimp leader
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK, Uganda (AP) — The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow…
Wildlife smuggling, poison, rabies rise in 2025, alongside uptick in nature visits
Rises in illegal wildlife smuggling, wildlife poisoning, rabid animals entering Israel, and deaths of hikers who didn’t follow…
Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its ‘ecological power,’ study says
A recent study quantifies the impact of biodiversity loss on ecological functions by tracking energy flows within…
Fears grow that world’s rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods
Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service Orangutan Information Centre The Tapanuli orangutan was only discovered by scientists…
He Was Obsessed With the ‘Most Intriguing Creatures’
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has…
Dinosaur-like shoebill bird stalks, devours snake in Uganda swamp
Last month we featured footage of an enormous, dinosaur-like shoebill that had landed on a tour boat in Uganda…
10 deadly, mind-blowing and simply ingenious ways whales and dolphins hunt and kill their prey – from bubble net fishing to wave washing
We humans tend to consider that we are exceptional and that since no other creature can think or…