New snake species named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash discovered in New Guinea |
Slash’s groundsnake, namely Lielaphis slashi, is a reddish-brown, non-venomous snake that can grow to about 71 centimetres. Its…
Biologists who necropsied 75 bats found dead under wind turbines in southern Alberta counted 32 with visible injuries and 69 with blood pooled in their chests, because the pressure drop behind a passing blade bursts a bat’s lungs without the blade ever touching it
The mystery that sent biologists crawling under the wind turbines of southern Alberta was a simple contradiction: dead…
Four arrested in Kenya amid Amboseli probe into deaths of 18 elephants
Police have arrested four suspects in an investigation into the deaths of 18 elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem,…
Couple describes rare muskox encounter in Labrador – YouTube
Couple describes rare muskox encounter in Labrador YouTubeLab West Resident Spots Arctic Muskox Near Cabin VOCMRare Muskox sighting in Labrador…
Tongan government investigating the capsize of whale watching boat
Tonga’s government is investigating after a boat carrying more than a dozen whale watchers capsized in rough seas…
VIDEO: ‘A gentle giant:’ diver captures rare shark encounter near Parksville | NanaimoNewsNOW
A female six-gill shark swam up on a diver off the coast of Parksville last week, leading to…
Drones over the Azores recorded two sperm whales turning to face each other, converging at speed and striking head-on with the front of the skull — the battering-ram collision the species’ anatomy had implied for two centuries, and nobody had ever filmed
For two centuries, one detail about the sperm whale has sat there unresolved. Its head, taking up roughly…
Adorable Baby Elephant at Zoo Plays With a Ball and We Are in Love
A baby elephant had so much fun playing with a ball at the Smithsonian Zoo, and everyone is…
It’s 3 metres long, shaped like a scythe and used to whip and stun prey – this is the longest tail on the planet
Strictly speaking, the tail-like structures found in everything from scorpions to mayflies are not true tails. Only vertebrates…
Despite weighing a massive 4 tonnes, this mammal can dive 2000 metres down, hold its breath for an incredible 2 hours and even control its heart rate
The gold medal for deep diving goes to a bull southern elephant seal, recorded at an incredible 2,388m,…
Footage from the Red Sea shows octopuses hunting side by side with fish — and when a fish partner hangs back instead of flushing prey out on cue, the octopus has been filmed punching it with an extended arm, sometimes for no food reward at all
A day octopus flashes black and white for a fraction of a second, extends an arm, and strikes…
Björn Persson’s New Book Highlights the World’s Incredible and Endangered Wildlife — Colossal
From the Tanzanian grasslands around Mount Kilimanjaro to the ever-evolving icy realm of Antarctica and beyond, Swedish photographer…