Where do these baby eels come from? It’s still a mystery : Short Wave : NPR
Scientists still have not pinpointed the spawning grounds of the European eel. Finding it could mean safeguarding the…
Hippo Couldn’t Sleep Without Mom — So His Rescuer Moved His Bed To The Floor
Meet Bumpy: a gentle young hippo whose story begins in a tragic place. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Last month,…
New Zealand whale freed from fishing net in ‘particularly dangerous’ multi-day operation | New Zealand
A whale that became entangled in a large fishing net and was dragging four buoys and 100 metres…
Japan’s Punch the monkey and his troop to get air conditioning amid searing heat
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Bear escapes capture by opening factory window in Japan, police say – BBC
Bear escapes capture by opening factory window in Japan, police say BBCFour injured as bear rampages through office complex The…
Country diary: A close-up view of a shimmering beauty | Wildlife
The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is aptly named. This loveliest of damselflies is on the wing now across…
‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution | Environment
Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head as she sits on a thick wooden branch in…
Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds
“This design assessed whether bees could solve the task without continuous perceptual feedback,” the authors wrote. All told,…
The return of the last wild horses to China's Kalamaili Nature Reserve – news.cgtn.com
The return of the last wild horses to China’s Kalamaili Nature Reserve news.cgtn.comGrassland awakens in northwest China’s Xinjiang news.cgtn.comGreen leap:…
Specieswatch: Scientists trace haunting sea thrums to humpback whales | Whales
If you stand on certain shorelines and listen carefully you might just hear deep rumbling noises. Sharp-eared fishers,…
A cheetah can go from a standstill to about 60 miles an hour in roughly three seconds, out-accelerating many sports cars, but it can’t hold that speed for long
Three seconds. That is roughly how long a cheetah needs to go from a dead stop to about…
Great apes: what we know about their cognition, cooperation and curiosity after two decades of research
Leipzig Zoo in central Germany is a world-leading centre of great ape research. Recent studies have seen chimpanzees…