From Capture to Create: The Evolution of Competitive Wildlife Photography
Photographs by Johan J. Botha Wildlife photography, including bird photography, has gone through several phases for some photographers…
In the 1970s, an Italian priest sold 12,000 piranhas to Europe; 55 years later, his proceeds have funded 350m bridges and an 800m airstrip on a remote Brazilian island
An Italian Jesuit priest once turned one of the Amazon’s most feared fish into an unlikely source of…
Eight rope bridges over an Amazon road recorded 15,000 wildlife crossings in Brazil; not a single roadkill was recorded | World News
Image: Programa Alta Floresta Não Atropela In Alta Floresta, a small Amazon town in northern Mato Grosso, eight…
Botswana approves killing of 23 elephants this week for celebrations
Botswana’s government authorised the killing of 23 elephants for its independence day celebrations this week, drawing criticism from…
The final showdown of Alaska's Fat Bear Week is between these two units – Stuff
The final showdown of Alaska’s Fat Bear Week is between these two units StuffFirst Hollywood, now Fat Bear Week:…
Baby whales wash up dead in Argentina, scientists search for answers
Investigators in Argentina are trying to solve the mystery of baby whales washing up dead in unusually high…
Researchers filmed butterflies at over 1,000 frames per second. The results suggest butterfly wings aren’t just pretty; they’re optical illusions
Optical illusions aren’t just for internet entertainment – new research suggests that the patterns in butterfly wings serve…
How to protect your garden and live in harmony with possums
Possums are highly polarising animals, with people either describing them as cute backyard visitors or noisy home invaders…
Everything Is Strange: Embracing Nature’s Oddity
“My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we…
Gang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South Pacific
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Scientists put a floating ‘scarecrow’ beside fishing nets; the device cut seabird bycatch by 59%, while a kite cut it by 71% |
Floating scarecrow. Image Credit: University of Exeter News Fishing nets can pose a serious danger to diving seabirds,…
Summer sharks: Bronze whaler spotted only 20m from people on Pāpāmoa Beach in Tauranga
Today’s sighting was another in a spate of encounters near New Zealand beaches so far this summer. Surf…