Elephant charges at tourists, shoves floundering woman underwater after party drifts too close to its calves: video
A fed-up mama elephant charged a group of careless tourists who drifted too close to her babies in…
The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers – here’s how we worked this out
Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol…
Seven Perfectly Mummified Cheetahs Found In Saudi Arabian Cave System
A lot of fun creatures dwell in caves, from cave spiders to the orange crocs and even a…
Pine Martens spotted on night vision camera in the Mendips
PA Pine Martens have been extinct in Somerset for more than 100 years. A rare sighting of a…
Experts thrilled as trail cameras capture rare images of elusive creature: ‘Very big news’
When a rarely spotted animal comes out of the woodwork, conservationists and everyday people alike can celebrate. In…
Record-Breaking Great White Shark Spent the Summer Near Popular Beaches
We covered a study last week in which researchers tested bite-resistant wetsuit material with real sharks. Their testing…
Rare photos capture fishing cat preying on monitor lizard in the Sundarbans
In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the…
Experts Alarmed as Jellyfish Spawn in Freshwater Lakes
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images As the world’s oceans undergo a dramatic rise in…
A blue jay and a green jay mated, researchers say. Their offspring is a scientific marvel
What do you get when you cross a blue jay with a green jay? That’s not the start…
Torngat Mountains visitor gets front row seat as black bear fights polar bear
When Jon Sigurdsson from Hafnarfjordur in Iceland was travelling in northern Labrador earlier this week, he captured a sight on his camera…
It’s Fat Bear Week! Millions Are Voting on Chubby Alaskan Bears, But This Is a Matter of Survival
Beadnose, Fat Bear Week 2018 champion. Image credits: Katmai National Park. The most gripping week of the bear…
Barbie crabs, sea pigs, and 40 other new species discovered
An Argentine research team just finished a first-of-its-kind look into the Mar del Plata Canyon, a deep South…