Renowned British chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for…
The remote isle where pygmy hippos roam
Tiwai, meaning “Big Island” in the Mende language, is just 11.9 sq km, yet it shelters pygmy hippos,…
Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins
Victoria GillScience correspondent Watch: Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animals She was a serene…
Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas | Environment
Nestled between the US state of Washington and Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands are a vibrant haven…
Scientists found a 650-year-old shoe in a vulture nest. That’s just the start of it.
More than six centuries ago, a resident of southern Spain either took off or lost a rough sandal…
Bright colors can work better than camouflage to evade predators
Bird attacks on paper moths show how nature sets the rules for survival. In a global study, scientists…
The Dire Wolf’s Future: What De-Extinction Looks Like Years from Now
The ability to adapt has been crucial to writing—and amending—an animal care manual for the dire wolves, a…
9 animals that changed the world: From tragic space dogs to the wolf that died of from a broken heart, meet the creatures who shaped history
At some point in our recent evolutionary past, we look what had been bestowed upon our species by…
Urban appetite for lemur meat piles pressure on iconic primates
Thousands of threatened lemurs are killed by specialist hunters every year to feed a lucrative urban market…
Great white shark circles kayakers at Hillarys; Perth man sentenced over rape of 16-year-old girl; ambulance ramping worsens; Waterbirds rescued after being ‘deliberately hooked’ on fishing lines
Vacancy rates across Perth’s retail strips have fallen – bucking the national trend – as a favourable economic…
Canada denies Marineland’s request to export its remaining beluga whales to China
Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland park near Niagara Falls for now after the federal…
Jaguar in Brazil swims 2.3 km in longest recorded distance for the species
Biologists in Brazil have documented a jaguar swimming an estimated 2.3 kilometers, or 1.4 miles, across…