Cacti spines, snake fangs, snail love darts – oh my! How function drives the evolution of nature’s puncture tools
Most people probably aren’t thinking about the complexity of nature when they get stung by a bee or…
Beyond birds and mice, free-ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects
It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the…
Country diary: Following the flight path of a meadow brown | Butterflies
On one of the longest days, my mum and I walk through Warwickshire countryside near her home beneath…
Moment of Calm: Murmuration Nation
Starling murmuration, Shell Bay, Studland Photo: Tanya Hart CC2.0 There’s a story which goes with this week’s Sonic…
Sharks Have Individual Personalities, and One Naps on His Favorite Toy
The post Sharks Have Individual Personalities, and One Naps on His Favorite Toy appeared first on A-Z Animals.…
Florida airboat captain helps stranded helicopter crew from alligator-filled Lake Jesup
The Brief After a helicopter made an emergency landing in the middle of an alligator-filled lake in Florida,…
Airboat crew rescues distressed helicopter on Lake Jesup
LAKE JESUP, Fla. — A routine day on Lake Jesup turned into an extraordinary rescue when a local…
5,000 years ago, humans ferried wild wolves by boat to a remote Swedish island, where scientists say they fed and possibly cared for them long before dogs existed | World News
Ancient canid remains unearthed on Stora Karlsö reveal pure wolves. These wolves were transported by prehistoric people, not…
A Prey’s View | Nat Geo Photo of the Day
When Lukas Andree Andersen visited Lake Kerkini in Greece, a famous wintering ground for the Dalmatian pelican, he…
In 1995, the United States released 31 grey wolves from Canada into Yellowstone after the predators had been exterminated for nearly 70 years, hoping to rebuild a collapsing ecosystem; today, wolves have helped restore elk numbers, willow forests and beaver populations | World News
Grey wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995, helping revive ecological processes that had been absent for nearly…
Watch: Great white shark might be the first caught on camera in Rhode Island
July 7 (UPI) — Marine researchers in Rhode Island captured video of what might be the first great…
Sightings off Southern Africa suggest blue and fin whales may be rebounding
Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent…