It’s made from 1,500 tiny white feathers, bound together with spider silk and takes up to 3 weeks to construct
One of the first birds you’re likely to see gathering nest material each year is the long-tailed tit.…
Reggae the seal uses rubber ducks for daily enrichment training at Boston aquarium
Leah Willingham, The Associated PressFebruary 20, 2026 It looks like pure play: a harbor seal gleefully chasing a…
Everybody loves Punch the baby monkey. Would you actually do the hard work needed to help him?
Much like their human cousins, baby macaques crave comfort. Punch, a forlorn-looking young Japanese macaque monkey, went viral…
Discovery of Antarctic moulting sites in satellite imagery reveals new threat to emperor penguins
WorldView2 analysis Satellite imagery has been routinely used for estimating emperor penguin numbers for over a decade11,12,33,34. In…
Big cats get the press, but small wildcats are being poached and trafficked in silence
While black market sale of jaguars, tigers and other big cats has been carefully tracked for decades,…
Science breakthrough as phone chemicals found in dolphin brains
Scientists have issued a grave warning after toxic chemicals from smartphones were found in the brains of dolphins.…
Beloved Big Bear Bald Eagle Jackie Lays New Egg After Earlier Nest Loss
There’s good news coming from a Big Bear Valley bald eagle nest. Jackie, the mother eagle, watched by…
How a Penguin and a Punch fill the modern vacuum
If you don’t know about the seven-month-old Punch-kun macaque in Ichikawa zoo in Japan and not shed a…
Punch the monkey could suffer heartbreaking fate, scientist reveals
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or so, you’ll no doubt know all…
The former Soviet reserve where snow leopards roam
Today, newer protected areas in Uzbekistan attempt a different balance, combining strictly protected core zones with areas for…
David Muir viewers say ‘we’re all obsessed’ as he halts ABC show for heartwarming update
World News Tonight anchor David Muir gave fans a much-welcomed update on Punch the Monkey, who, along with…
New Spinosaurus Species Discovered in Niger
Paleontologists have identified the first unequivocal new species of the fish-eating dinosaur Spinosaurus in more than a century.…