New bee species recorded with rare find in Sixmilebridge
*Ivy Bee at burrow, Photo credit: Jim Oldroyd THE Ivy Bee has been recorded in Clare for the…
Kristin Davis helped rescue one-year-old elephant after finding her alone in Kenya; years later, Chaimu returned to the wild and inspired a sculpture | World News
In 2009, a holiday in Kenya brought actress Kristin Davis into an unexpected encounter with an abandoned elephant…
Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propellor strikes | Whales
Gruesome images of adult and juvenile humpback whales along Australia’s east coast with slash and gouge injuries from…
A tiny cat in Bolivia is changing what scientists know about wild cats
Genetic research has identified five distinct tiger cat species in South America. It has also prompted closer scrutiny…
In the 1970s, an Italian priest sold 12,000 piranhas to Europe; 55 years later, his proceeds have funded 350m bridges and an 800m airstrip on a remote Brazilian island
An Italian Jesuit priest once turned one of the Amazon’s most feared fish into an unlikely source of…
This Sea Creature Looks Like Poop. It May Also Live For 120 Years. : ScienceAlert
Somewhere in the world, surely, a Monkey’s Paw is cackling maniacally to itself. Scattered across the Pacific and…
Eight rope bridges over an Amazon road recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings in Brazil; not a single roadkill was recorded | World News
Image: Programa Alta Floresta Não Atropela In Alta Floresta, a small Amazon town in northern Mato Grosso, eight…
Canada’s Atlantic waters are attracting more great white sharks
Alanna Canaran, a dive instructor and ocean science educator based in Novia Scotia’s capital, Halifax, first moved to…
Country diary: The breathtaking sight of a tuna taking flight in British waters | Fish
It is a perfect autumn day for a clifftop walk: sea and sky blend into a veil of…
17 of the funniest finalists in the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
It’s time again for one of Upworthy’s longest-running traditions: announcing the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists. The…
Everything Is Strange: Embracing Nature’s Oddity
“My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we…
Gang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South Pacific
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