It glows like a fire, looks like an autumn leaf and has just awoken from its winter slumber. Now it’s on the hunt for food
The first butterfly of the year always lifts the spirits – and it’s often a comma. This butterfly…
Thousands of Starlings Rise in Murmuration Under Brilliant ‘Worm’ Moon
– credit, Tony Nellis, via SWNS These stunning photos show the moment a huge murmuration of starlings flew…
“She’s seen something….” A cheetah mum must distract a prowling big cat away from her cubs. Will her risk pay off?
In the Okavango Delta, Botswana, leopards, cheetahs and lions clash over territory and food. And these sagas are…
‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade | Birds
The two puffins washed up among seaweed and bits of plastic on a beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on…
New dinosaur species discovered by scientists is gurning sea creature from Brazil, research reveals
Scientists have unearthed a peculiar prehistoric creature featuring a contorted jaw and teeth that faced sideways rather than…
World’s smallest possum may live beyond its known range in Australia
New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s known…
“What would David Attenborough do?” Gordon Buchanan on coming face to face with big cats
By Rebecca Norris | Published – 25 Feb 2026
The most ferocious of felines are the stars…
Specieswatch: is the world’s wildlife entering its ‘samey’ era? | Wildlife
Plants and animals are disappearing at an alarming rate across the planet, with some estimates suggesting a loss…
Cameroon’s decade of conflict leaves apes and conservationists in peril
Dozens of protected areas in Cameroon’s anglophone regions, including parks that are home to great apes and…
Hundreds of sea lions have taken over a Vancouver Island beach – BC
Hundreds of noisy California sea lions have taken over the beach at Deep Bay on Vancouver Island, across…
Literary Hub » Why So Many Women Are Writing About Bears
As a daughter of a wildlife biologist growing up in the Canadian wilderness, I’ve been fascinated with bears…
From carbon-storing tigers to flood-blocking beavers: How wildlife secretly tackles climate change
As the planet edges closer to irreversible damage, wild animals around the world are staging their own secret…