‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey | Endangered species
It sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all brothers, on an epic journey to find a…
In 1949, researchers testing underwater acoustics off Bermuda lowered an early recording system into the water and kept the unexplained sounds it picked up. Seventy-seven years later they were identified as what may be the oldest preserved recording of a whale singing, made before scientists understood humpback whale song.
A man’s voice reads a date onto a plastic disc. “The date, 7 March, 1949,” he says, as…
Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
It was a tragic sight. One day last July, a newborn humpback whale calf lay motionless on the…
In 1983, Britain reintroduced a butterfly declared extinct just four years earlier; the large blue has since surged 1,866% and now survives at 33 sites
A butterfly once declared extinct in Britain is now at the centre of one of the country’s most…
Two injured in black bear encounter near Bellingham
This marks the second human-black bear encounter in Whatcom County reported within the span of a month. Update:…
Britain released two beavers into a 10-hectare forest; 5 years later, peak water flow fell 46.6% and baseflow rose by 417% |
Eurasian beaver and kit by the River Tay in Scotland. Image Credit: Wikipedia In 2019, two Eurasian beavers…
In 2003, scientists took one pair of giant stick insects from Ball’s Pyramid to Melbourne Zoo; 11 years later, their descendants had produced more than 11,000 young |
A Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) is crawling on a hand. Credits – Wikimedia Commons Conservation…
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh Visits Wildlife Reserve on Zambia Trip Day 3
2 min read Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, spent the third day of her tour in Zambia focused on…
How GPS collars and camera traps changed the ‘long-accepted wisdom’ about male Lions and Hyenas in African Savannahs, surprising Zoologists
AI-generated image for representation For years, researchers have assumed a common relationship between lions and spotted hyenas on…
Guardian of the Herd | Nat Geo Photo of the Day
The chest of a Samburu warrior in Ngurunit, Kenya, bears traditional scarifications and a Catholic rosary. Known as…
3 African wild dogs travelled over 4,000km to find mates – why that’s good news for the endangered species
In 2021, a three-year-old female African wild dog spent a year travelling more than 2,300 kilometres across southern…
Red panda cubs born at Fota Wildlife Park venture out at dusk in further boost to conservation scheme – The Irish Times
Red pandas are facing a significant threat in the wild but members of the public are now invited…