Why you should think twice before rescuing a wild animal
Imagine you’re driving down a windy road when you spot an injured possum. Your instincts might tell you…
Researchers tag 42 sleeping giants in Arctic Circle – and make breathtaking discovery
Sleeping sperm whales hover several metres below the surface of the water lined up vertically like a row of toy…
Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds, a testament to sophisticated brains and devoted mothers
As a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as…
Tiny tree snails make historic comeback 40 years after vanishing from the wild
A captive-bred Partula tohiveana tree snail (right) and a newly born juvenile (left) move across a green leaf.…
Australia’s largest onshore wind farm just revealed one site killed 20 wedge-tailed eagles in 18 months, its deadliest anywhere for the 9-foot-wingspan raptor, and the fix that works needs a permit first
KeysQuestions4Explore4 Rye Park wind farm — Australia’s largest onshore — has quietly become the deadliest wind site on…
Scientists sunk a cow into the South China Sea. Then a gigantic animal appeared
In June 2025, scientists released extraordinary footage of Pacific sleeper sharks in the South China Sea. It was…
How to Track Contender, the 1,700-Pound Great White Shark Heading to Cape Cod
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Why crabs walk sideways instead of forwards – and the answer is stranger than you think
Most crabs walk sideways but some still prefer to walk forwards, such as the lumbering spider crabs, which…
Scientists recorded more than 50 days of deep-ocean footage before a goblin shark appeared for just over 20 seconds near the Tonga Trench, one of the first two confirmed sightings of this 125-million-year lineage alive in its natural habitat
For more than 50 days, cameras watched the deep Pacific. Then, at 1,997 metres on the slope of…
India: Liquor store employee narrowly escapes leopard attack
CCTV footage from 20 July showed the moment a leopard entered a liquor store and attacked a salesman…
The sex life of treefrogs: how females build better nests by mating with multiple partners
African grey foam-nest treefrogs (Chiromantis xerampelina) are common across the savannahs and dry forests of south-eastern Africa. Despite…
Six fluffy barn owlets were found nesting on a farm near Peterborough, bringing good news after the farm faced six suspected arson attacks this summer
A surprise brood of six barn owlets has brought a welcome lift to a Cambridgeshire farm after a…