Whale graveyard with hundreds of fossils found deep beneath the Indian Ocean
A humpback whale became stranded on a sandbar in the Coolongolook River in New South Wales, Australia. Rescuers with…
‘Chock full of incredible animals’: marine expedition uncovers 31 new species in two weeks | Marine life
A marine biology expedition in international waters off the coast of Brazil has discovered 31 new species in…
Grotesque ‘zombie squirrels’ with oozing warts spotted roaming through US backyards
Zombie-esque squirrels covered in oozing, wart-like tumors have been invading backyards across the United States and the reason…
Scientists Tickled Gorillas And Found An Old Clue To How Humans Learned Speech
Topline The vocal control underpinning human speech was not a sudden evolutionary leap, but a 15-million-year work in…
Gracie the giraffe: Why are exotic animals in Texas?
In mid-June, a giraffe named Gracie escaped from a ranch in Texas located about 100 miles west of…
Family Mart Japan installs red-eyed “Monster Wolf” to keep bears away from convenience store
The giant wolf emits loud warning sounds and shouts out phrases like, “What are you looking at? Do…
Humans and apes laugh in similar ways, study suggests
NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the…
‘You’re the Man!’: Pittsburgh Cop Shows Nifty Reflexes to Grab Deer
A Pittsburgh police officer showed reflexes worthy of a World Cup goalkeeper when he grabbed a fawn that…
Did wolves really save Yellowstone? New research challenges one of conservation’s biggest success stories |
In 1995, Yellowstone National Park became the centre of a conservation experiment that would later be celebrated across…
Female baboons keep family bonds strong: research reveals the benefits
Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa’s primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into…
We checked 2000 museum specimens and discovered a tiny new ‘ferocious’ Australian mammal
Australia is home to unusual mammals not found anywhere else – consider the platypus, Tasmanian devil or the…
Animals are often moved to make way for infrastructure, but we don’t know what happens to them next
When major infrastructure projects are built in rural areas, wildlife is often dislocated and moved out of the…