Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the…
Red-bellied black snake freezes in place – can you spot the reptile?
Updated March 6, 2026, 5:11 p.m. ET An expert who captures and relocates snakes for concerned residents in…
Dance, pluck… then paralyse: the riskiest date night in nature
Discover the spider puts its mate in a trance. Mating may be one of the riskiest things a…
It’s bigger than Florida, straddles 3 countries and is home to a snake as long as a great white shark
Covering around 70,000 square miles, the Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland on Earth. The vast floodplain ecosystem…
Giant oarfish strand on Cabo San Lucas beach, prompting rescue effort
March 5, 2026, 4:15 p.m. ET Video has surfaced showing two deep-sea oarfish moments after the “giant sea…
Hikers find sea turtle stampede tracks dating back 80 million years
Free climbers scrambling over a steep coastal mountain in Italy noticed something odd on a broad slab of…
Archived camera-trap images bring Thailand’s tapirs into focus
Archived camera-trapping images have revealed a new stronghold for Asian tapirs in Khlong Seang–Khao Sok Forest…
Watch a 4,000-Pound Hippo Casually Chase Off Five Crocs in Kenya’s Maasai Mara
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Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua
A tiny possum with one extra-long finger on each hand is one of two species thought to have…
‘A matter of national security’
Invasive species are causing escalating damage across ecosystems in the United States, prompting federal officials to warn that…
What’s for lunch? The slippery battle between heron and eel
Opinion: Nature is full of battles between predator and prey, but this particular encounter is anything but straightforward…
10 incredible images and videos of ‘nature’s engineers’ that can build structures seen from space
Beavers are ecosystem engineers, transforming the landscape by building dams. They do this as they need deep water…