Hippo Couldn’t Sleep Without Mom — So His Rescuer Moved His Bed To The Floor
Meet Bumpy: a gentle young hippo whose story begins in a tragic place. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Last month,…
Country diary: A close-up view of a shimmering beauty | Wildlife
The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is aptly named. This loveliest of damselflies is on the wing now across…
Japan’s Punch the monkey and his troop to get air conditioning amid searing heat
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Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds
“This design assessed whether bees could solve the task without continuous perceptual feedback,” the authors wrote. All told,…
How a scorpion likely ended up in an Auckland family’s bathroom
The Ministry of Primary Industries says it’s important when people spot a creature that that looks out of…
Mule deer already using incomplete $20m wildlife bridge in California | California
A trio of mule deer have already scuttled across a not-quite-finished $20m wildlife bridge in Siskiyou county, marking…
‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution | Environment
Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head as she sits on a thick wooden branch in…
Watch: Kiwi hiker’s grizzly bear encounter caught on camera, ‘holy heck!’ – Stuff
Watch: Kiwi hiker’s grizzly bear encounter caught on camera, ‘holy heck!’ StuffBear attacks hiker in Montana national park in…
‘Really upsetting to see’: Young kea shot in Golden Bay
The Department of Conservation (Doc) wants to find the person who intentionally shot a young kea in Golden…
Frustration over approach to dealing with Indian myna driving grassroots action
Across Queensland, there is a grassroots push and growing frustration over a patchwork approach to dealing with a…
“It carefully measures insect body parts for size, chewing down the ones that don’t fit…” This carnivore decorates its home in bones of its prey
Like many geographically-isolated locations, Hawai’i is an extraordinary evolutionary site that contains many unusual invertebrates. In 2025, a research…
Specieswatch: Scientists trace haunting sea thrums to humpback whales | Whales
If you stand on certain shorelines and listen carefully you might just hear deep rumbling noises. Sharp-eared fishers,…