Baby elephant makes its Earth Day debut at the National Zoo
WASHINGTON — This year, spring showers brought a special April flower to Washington, D.C. — a two-month-old Asian…
Record Skomer Island puffin count for second year running – BBC
Record Skomer Island puffin count for second year running BBCRecord puffin count on small island for second year running BBCHow…
Camera traps film predators descending on cave filled with 40,000 bats. What happens next is staggering
Scientists in Uganda have released remarkable footage of a cave of Egyptian fruit bats being raided by 14…
Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’ | Gibraltar
Troops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what scientists believe…
Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm
A humpback whale repeatedly restranding in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea for more than three weeks has…
‘Fit and feisty’: Once extinct bandicoots are now running wild on this Australian island
A species once declared extinct on mainland Australia takes its “most significant steps towards recovery” thanks to a…
Huge manta ray spotted with chunk of body missing. Divers think they know what caused it
Seeing ocean giants such as manta rays should be a heartwarming experience, but scuba divers in Bali had…
“Imagine a rainbow-coloured kitten, shrink it down to the size of your fingertip and add a few more legs.” It’s time to rethink these tiny and cute killers
If I asked you to imagine a spider, what would be your first thought? For most people, that…
A rare chimpanzee ‘civil war’ is happening in Uganda
Aaron Sandel can pinpoint when it all started. The codirector of the Ngogo Chimpanzee Project had been observing…
Walrus who visited Orkney believed to have travelled to mainland – BBC
Walrus who visited Orkney believed to have travelled to mainland BBCPublic urged to avoid marina after walrus spotted resting STV…
No coup, just cuddles. A naked mole rat colony changes queens peacefully : NPR
Naked mole rats live in colonies underground. Typically just one female reproduces at a time. When it’s time…
Long’uro the baby elephant lost his trunk in a vicious attack. He’s now thriving in the best way.
An elephant’s trunk is more than just its defining physical trait. They use it to take in nutrition,…