Country diary: The wild, riotous sounds of otters in battle | Environment
I hear them before I see them: a wailing, or something more like ululation. High-pitched, repeated vocalisations that…
Trump order directs officials to consider stripping protections for gray wolves | Trump administration
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday directing the interior department to consider de-listing gray wolves from…
Endangered whale shark spotted just off NYC coast in extraordinary encounter
NEW YORK CITY – A massive, endangered whale shark was recently spotted surfacing mere inches from a boat…
Scientists filmed a sperm whale giving birth and watched females from another family line help bring the calf into the world — then repeatedly lift the newborn to the surface and support it there while it was still too weak and uncoordinated to swim properly on its own
Blood clouded the water off Dominica just before noon, and eleven sperm whales pressed in closer instead of…
One of the largest spiders in the world remains largely unstudied
One of Earth’s largest spiders went by multiple scientific names for over a century, and the reason behind…
25 Amazing Animals with Astonishingly Unique and Rare Colors and Markings
We don’t need robot-generated images to appreciate how cool nature is. In a world full of generated images,…
Watch a Monarch Caterpillar Become a Butterfly in Seconds
What’s hidden beneath a caterpillar’s shed skin surprises almost everyone who sees it for the first time. See…
Ancient American cheetahs were not exactly cheetah-like
The American cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani) stalked North America’s Pleistocene grasslands for nearly 2.5 million years, but new evidence…
Australia’s endangered eastern quolls have welcomed new joeys; after vanishing from the mainland for 60 years, the species is now breeding again in a rare conservation comeback
A study released 20 captive-bred eastern quolls at Tasmania’s 6,500-hectare Silver Plains conservation property. (Photo: Booderee NP) The…
Watching Wildlife: How to Share the Shore and Sea with Marine Animals
This weekend, many of us will take to the water and the beach to bask in the last…
Montana woman uses bear spray to save her 3 dogs from wild moose
All hell broke moose in Big Sky Country last week. A quick-thinking dog mom saved her three adored…
When threatened it slips into a crevice and inflates its body like a rubber raft. Within seconds, it’s twice its original size and wedged in place.
The so-called swell shark cephaloscylum ventriosum, which is found near temperate reefs in the eastern Pacific ocean, truly…