Sightings off Southern Africa suggest blue and fin whales may be rebounding
Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent…
Why Young White Sharks Left Home During Southern California’s Historic Storm
A lone shark swimming off Californian waters. Credit: California State University Long Beach Shark Lab A summer day…
Sakha Entrepreneurs Face Social Media Backlash Over South Africa Lion Hunt
Three businesspeople from Russia’s republic of Sakha sparked a torrent of criticism on social media after posting photos…
Cacti spines, snake fangs, snail love darts – oh my! How function drives the evolution of nature’s puncture tools
Most people probably aren’t thinking about the complexity of nature when they get stung by a bee or…
Rare Box Jellyfish Spotted In Eilat Waters
Marine researchers have identified a rare species of box jellyfish in the Gulf of Eilat, marking an unusual…
The Guardian view on the flamingo revolution: Albanians are standing up for their rights, as well as for nature | Editorial
For more than a month, thousands have taken to the streets of Tirana to protest against their government,…
Beyond birds and mice, free-ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects
It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the…
Country diary: Following the flight path of a meadow brown | Butterflies
On one of the longest days, my mum and I walk through Warwickshire countryside near her home beneath…
‘Killing for sport is a great sin’: Businessmen from Russia’s Yakutia region face backlash after boasting about a lion hunt in South Africa
Yakut businesspeople Alexei and Galina Yakovlev, along with Yuri Bolshakov, have drawn sharp criticism on social media for organizing…
A Prey’s View | Nat Geo Photo of the Day
When Lukas Andree Andersen visited Lake Kerkini in Greece, a famous wintering ground for the Dalmatian pelican, he…
In 1995, the United States released 31 grey wolves from Canada into Yellowstone after the predators had been exterminated for nearly 70 years, hoping to rebuild a collapsing ecosystem; today, wolves have helped restore elk numbers, willow forests and beaver populations | World News
Grey wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995, helping revive ecological processes that had been absent for nearly…
5,000 years ago, humans ferried wild wolves by boat to a remote Swedish island, where scientists say they fed and possibly cared for them long before dogs existed | World News
Ancient canid remains unearthed on Stora Karlsö reveal pure wolves. These wolves were transported by prehistoric people, not…