Australian couple bought a cattle farm and planted 34,000 trees to restore rainforest for koalas and other wildlife | World News
Image: The Daily Telegraph An Australian couple who bought a former cattle property in New South Wales are…
In the late 1990s, tree frogs apparently reached the Galápagos in cargo; hundreds of thousands now occupy islands that had no native amphibians |
A green tree frog resting on the forest floor. Credits – Wikimedia Commons In the late 1990s, a…
In 1994, a Cheetah scientist began giving African farmers guard dogs; livestock losses fell by as much as 80–100%, reducing pressure to kill predators | World News
The representation shows a livestock-guarding dog protecting a herd of sheep and goats on a Namibian farm, illustrating…
In 1937, Finland Released Seven American Beavers to Restore Its Extinct Native Beaver; Scientists Learned 36 Years Later That They Were a Different Species | World News
A beaver feeding near the edge of a freshwater pond. Credits – Wikipedia Commons In the 1930s, Finland…
7 common non-venomous snakes found around the world
For every venomous species that grabs headlines and horror-movie cameos, there are dozens of snake species quietly going…
Wildlife Park Guests Get the Cutest Surprise From a Proud Capybara Mom
If there’s one animal almost everyone is instantly smitten with, it’s the capybara. There’s just something about them…
Why is feeding deer in the Royal Parks dangerous? – BBC
Why is feeding deer in the Royal Parks dangerous? BBCStag shot dead in Richmond Park after picnic attack, as…
Tapirs, bats and nests: How plastic infiltrates Amazonian wildlife
Studies have found microplastics in various species of Amazonian wildlife, including fish, tapirs, crabs and bats, even…
Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say | Wildlife
Humans turn to heated blankets and fluffy socks to cope with winter, but long-clawed shrews have a very…
Vampire bats will regurgitate blood to save a starving roost-mate, even one they are not related to — then remember who helped them before, in a system of animal reciprocity that looks less like instinct than a tiny favour economy
Somewhere in a hollow tree in Panama, a bat that came home hungry is being fed by a…
Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal on Earth, up to one million hairs per square inch, because unlike whales and seals they carry no insulating blubber and would freeze to death in the North Pacific without a coat that traps a layer of air against their skin
A sea otter floating on its back off the California coast is wearing the densest fur of any…
Alaska’s live bearcam has become a summer hit: 7.3 million views in six weeks as brown bears gather at Brooks Falls to catch salmon
The cameras show brown bears waiting around Brooks Falls as sockeye salmon travel upstream. (Getty images) A livestream…