Hawaiian crickets evolved to become silent to survive a deadly fly
Hawaiian field crickets faced an impossible choice: keep singing to attract mates and risk being killed by a…
France built special underground tunnels beneath its roads to help thousands of migrating frogs and salamanders survive every year | World News
Every spring, thousands of frogs, toads, newts and salamanders across France leave their winter shelters in the woods…
Watch Asian swamp eels emerge from the mud for feeding time
The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is an unusual freshwater fish with a snake-like body and no scales.…
Scientists uncover secrets of tiny Andean mouse living on the world’s highest peaks
WASHINGTON, July 11 — At first glance, it’s just a rodent. But the Andean leaf-eared mouse is,…
How Photographers Are Using Insta360 Cameras to Protect Sharks
To celebrate Shark Awareness Day, Insta360 has released a new video created in collaboration with renowned conservationists, photographers,…
Alaska’s seabirds lost 95% of their breeding population, but after mink were removed from the Naked Islands, guillemots rebounded 3.3 times, and nests surged
Pigeon guillemots | Wikimedia Commons Conservation programs often focus on restoring habitat, but sometimes the biggest obstacle is…
Where Israel’s Sea Turtles Recover Before Returning Home
Cinderella, Fiona, Elsa and Moana passed us from right to left, flapping their large flippers and giving us…
How the Greenland shark’s 400-year lifespan could help scientists protect human eyesight |
For years, scientists thought Greenland sharks were basically blind. These deep-sea creatures live in the freezing dark waters…
In 1859, Australia released 13 rabbits for hunting. Decades later, they created one of the world’s worst invasive species crises | World News
When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals…
Shovels for feet and blotting paper skin: the ‘little fat froggy’ facing a fight for survival | Amphibians
The desert rain frog is one of the most unusual amphibians on the planet. With a rotund body…
Six helicopters will drop 550 tons of poison on this island: Why a project is spending $10 million on this exercise |
Mice are some of the most invasive animals on the planet. Quick to enter and escape they have…
“It can reach speeds of an impressive 72 kmph…” 6 fastest, speediest wild dogs on the planet
Members of the family Canidae, commonly called dogs, are found on all continents except Antarctica – known for…