Australia confirms H5N1 bird flu case in local mammal
Australia confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a mammal on Sunday, after it found the…
A tiny owl flew 70 miles out to sea and collapsed on a yacht, exhausted and too weak to fly, she found an unlikely group of rescuers who refused to leave her behind
Sergeant Mark Petherbridge (L) and Captain Tom Court (R) with rescued barn owl, Little Regina, aboard Fujitsu British…
In 2021, National Geographic reported that Sydney cockatoos can pry open garbage bins; by the end of 2019, the learned trick had spread across 44 suburbs | World News
Cockatoo in Sydney. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons News from Sydney about cockatoos that learned to open garbage bins…
In 2021, scientists tested 20 bonnethead sharks and found they use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate, suggesting sharks may have a magnetic map |
Twenty bonnethead sharks were given an unusual test at a Florida State University laboratory in 2021: could they…
A South African couple combined 11 former livestock farms into a 67,000-acre reserve, restored the land and brought cheetahs back to the Great Karoo after 130 years
Samara reintroduced wild cheetahs to the Great Karoo in 2004 after 130 years. (Picture: Samara) In 1997, couple…
This shark can live 400 years. Its eyes barely seem to age
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk watches a Greenland shark glide slowly through the dark waters of the Arctic on her computer…
Hawaii once considered releasing cats to kill invasive rats on an island; scientists rejected the idea because the cats would attack native birds too | World News
Image: Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Department of Land and Natural Resources Lehua Island, a 284-acre seabird sanctuary…
This shark can live 400 years. Its eyes barely seem to age
Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk watches a Greenland shark glide slowly through the dark waters of the Arctic on her computer…
In 1997, scientists sent cameras down with sperm whales to find the monster hidden in their scars: the giant squid. The footage they wanted never came, but the failed hunt helped point science toward one of the deep ocean’s most elusive animals
Sperm whales come up from the deep wearing evidence. Rings of pale scar tissue across the head and…
Black bear attacks surge across Colorado during historic drought
There has been a surge in black bear attacks across Colorado. Most recently, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced…
Rhossi, A Rare Sea Turtle Defies Odds, Recovers After 5,000-Mile Journey Across The Atlantic
A rare sea turtle named Rhossi has stunned wildlife experts by surviving an extraordinary 5,000-mile journey across the…
In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt sent New Zealand 20 elk for sport, and their hybrid descendants are still at the centre of a conservation debate
A small group of American wapiti, known in the United States as elk, was sent to New Zealand…