Giraffes given a new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in the country’s largest park
MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK, Uganda (AP) — On a cold morning in Uganda’s largest national park, rangers chat…
Meet Jimothy, the viral Seattle raccoon whose rare spine condition turned him into an internet sensation |
A raccoon wandering through a Seattle neighbourhood has unexpectedly become one of the internet’s most talked-about wild animals.…
Elephants appear to call each other by name: a 2024 study found they summon particular herd-mates with specific, invented rumbles — and an elephant reacts when it hears the call meant for it, but not the ones meant for others
A name is a strange thing to share with an elephant. For a long time, few comparable abilities…
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie’s health update: Lead poisoning ruled out, bright and strong but critical after life-saving blood transfusion
Jackie was critically injured after a fight. Her partner Shadow gave her blood. The Ojai Raptor Center said…
How shark-monitoring drones are making tourist beaches safer – OC Today-Dispatch
How shark-monitoring drones are making tourist beaches safer OC Today-DispatchNail-biting moment huge 10ft great white shark prowls just feet…
Mating season may be behind monkeying around on Hong Kong MTR tracks: expert
Hong Kong could see more monkey encounters during the animals’ mating season, an expert has said, after one…
At the start of winter, the wood frog of North America stops breathing, lets ice form in the spaces between its cells, and its heart stops entirely for up to seven months — then in spring it thaws, its heart restarts, and it hops away as if nothing happened
The wood frog of North America, Lithobates sylvaticus, spends part of every winter frozen. As the cold sets…
Scientists make rare discovery in Northeast Greenland National Park
A local diver captured a rare glimpse of an elusive blue-ringed octopus carrying her eggs off Australia’s Victoria…
Have you noticed more butterflies this summer? Here’s the reason why
IF YOU HAVE wondered if there are more butterflies fluttering around this summer, you are not wrong. Collie…
Pima County sees record bat exposures in July
TUCSON, Ariz. — It’s the time of year when bats are seen throughout Pima County, and it is…
Arctic ground squirrels drop their body temperature to nearly three degrees below freezing during hibernation — the coldest ever recorded in a mammal — a state that should crystallise their blood and kill them, but through a phenomenon called supercooling, their body fluids remain liquid, and they wake in spring unharmed
The Arctic ground squirrel holds the lowest core body temperature ever measured in a mammal. During hibernation its…
Differences in human and great ape laughter reveal clues to the origin of speech
Humans are not the only animals that communicate. Birds sing to attract mates, dolphins use signature whistles that…