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…
Trapped like the Salamander in a Japanese folktale, scientists study a crab that grew too big for its bottle
Back in July 2022, a research team from Hiroshima University was carrying out a routine survey about 500…
Vancouver’s Crow Dive-Bombing Tradition: Map Your Attack Zones This Spring! | World News
Image of a crow. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Vancouverites can expect, each spring, the onset of warmer weather…
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…
Permission sought for traditional guga hunt to take place this year
Permission has been sought for a traditional hunt of young seabirds to take place on an uninhabited Hebridean…
“It kills prey by wrapping around its body and squeezing until the victim has a heart attack…” The 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world, located in Southeast Asia. Around half of the island…
What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story
Australia’s crocodiles are the last survivors of a far more diverse group of ancient crocodylians that once dominated…