Scientists Just Found a Smiling “Happy-Face” Spider in the Himalayas
Cephalothorax of female holotype of T. himalayana sp. nov. Credit: Devi Priyadarshini and Ashirwad Tripathy For more than…
The Unintended Consequences of Introducing Red Foxes in Australia: A Historical Ecological Mistake |
Red fox, also known as Vulpes vulpes. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons What began as an attempt to recreate…
What is the most American animal?
In 1782, a lesser-known Founding Father, Charles Thomson, slapped a shield onto a bald eagle with talons full…
Irish Tourist’s First Time Response to Bear Goes Viral
Checkout this comical clip of a man finding a bear unexpectedly in the wild.Watch this clip where Sean…
Man Calls For Help When He Discovers Someone Tiny Tangled Up In Volleyball Net
It was a sweltering day in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania, when the team at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center (RRWC)…
Giraffes can solve simple addition problems, study finds
A new study has found that giraffes can carry out a simple kind of addition in their heads.…
Inside the wild, high-stakes rescue of Gracie the giraffe
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas – A dramatic, high-stakes rescue operation in the rugged Texas Hill Country successfully ended the multi-week…
This snake weighing 1100kgs, as long as a small plane was the ultimate prehistoric mega-predator of the Amazon rainforest
While the world weaves tales about dinosaurs, snakes larger and more ferocious have slithered away in the past.…
Why playing dead helps insects escape predators, according to science |
A light poke is sometimes enough to make an insect collapse into complete stillness. Legs fold in, movement…
Giant school bus–sized octopuses may have once ruled the oceans
3-D: Short for three-dimensional. This term is an adjective for something that has features that can be described…
Dolphins increasingly rely on trawlers for food in overfished Adriatic, say scientists | Dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic are increasingly following trawlers to scavenge for food, with baby dolphins learning the…
Grizzly bear sends a bold Yellowstone wolf packing after it eyes the bear’s bison carcass meal
A wolf thought it was a good idea to attempt to steal from a massive grizzly bear. As…