Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn’t know about sharks
The first shark-like teeth came 410 million years ago, and the first group that really looked like sharks…
England: Britain bought 1,525 acres of nearly lifeless farmland for £13.8 million; four years later, beavers are helping it make money
Beavers are finally released at Boothby Wildland. Photograph: Jonathan Perugia/Gaia Visual for Nattergal A bold experiment in Lincolnshire…
Sperm whales dive to depths of nearly 2,250 metres on a single breath, their heads packed with a waxy oil called spermaceti that solidifies under cold pressure and helps them sink like a stone toward prey they hunt in total darkness
A sperm whale can hold its breath for over an hour and drop nearly 2,250 metres below the…
Meet the Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits at predators and poops on its own legs to survive |
A Turkey vulture drifting high overhead can look almost effortless, its broad wings held in a shallow V…
New wormlion species builds pitfall traps on the slopes of the Himalayas
Small, cone-shaped pits occasionally turn up in the fine, dry soil beneath a rock overhang or a roadside…
Wapiti deer declared herd of special interest
Fiordland hunters are celebrating a milestone as the wapiti deer that inhabit the region have been declared a…
Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky – BBC
Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky BBCMan tossed into the air by ‘agitated’ bull…
‘Large potential wildlife moving near the weather station.’ Polar bear-detection system successfully clocks family in Canada’s High Arctic
Scientists in Canada’s High Arctic are celebrating the first successful detection of a polar bear family at the Environment and…
Chimpanzees have been throwing stones at the same trees for years, and scientists still don’t know why |
In a stretch of savanna woodland inside Boé National Park in Guinea-Bissau, certain trees look strangely different from…
40 times heavier & thousand times larger than a blue whale: Meet Pando, the world’s biggest living organism
The world’s largest living organism: Pando At first glance, it looks like an ordinary grove of quaking aspens…
Woman claims humongous collection record for ‘Hippo-palooza’ house with over 1,000 items
On Sheri Lynch’s (USA) 14th birthday, her best friend gifted her a small grey hippopotamus plushy that she…
As Japan’s population shrinks, bears are moving close to town and creating a big problem
No-one knows for sure exactly how many bears there are in Japan, but they’re on the move —…