New hairy-legged, three-lipped, red-eyed sea spider species discovered
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Can any animals kill the much-feared predator, the great white shark?
If we were to believe movies like Jaws, great white sharks are the ocean’s most terrifying predator says Melissa Hobson. Nothing…
Social Brains Allow Animal Groups to Escape Danger
In a paper published today in Nature, scientists in the Neurobiology Department at the University of California San…
New hairy-legged, three-lipped, red-eyed sea spider species discovered
EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing…
Guam had a population of three million invasive brown snakes; then US dropped 2,000 mice stuffed with paracetamol in a $8M operation to curb the population
Wars are no longer just between humans, they are also against invasive predators that completely destroy ecosystems. In…
In 2021, Northern Ireland used drones, 110 cameras and a Labrador to catch 100 ferrets; corncrakes bred again and a Manx shearwater returned after 40 years
Representative image of conservation teams using trained dogs and ground monitoring to help remove invasive predators and restore…
Can I Question My Partner’s Moose Sighting?
Zachary writes: My partner, Alex, claims to have seen a moose on a recent trail run. But we…
Marmosets start out with the makings of a folded brain – so why does theirs stay smooth?
The marmoset brain starts out with the same layout as folded primate brains, but slower-dividing, simpler cells help…
Scientists excluded elephants from East African savanna plots for 15 years; dung beetle numbers fell 67%, biomass dropped 51% and species richness declined 23%, revealing how elephants sustain an insect network
According to the research published by Science Adviser newsletter, dung beetles rarely attract the attention given to elephants,…
Biologist Sees Truck Narrowly Miss Wild Animal In Road — Then Rushes To Help
While driving near his home in Brazil with a few friends last month, biologist George Xavier noticed an…
Niger releases 8 North African ostriches into the wild after the species disappeared from the country; the last wild birds vanished in 2004 |
Image Credit: Sahara Conservation Niger has released eight North African ostriches into the wild, bringing the species back…
Country diary: I’m virtually living in the woods now. Wildlife is everywhere | Trees and forests
I have made the woods my home, moving from Brighton to the outskirts of Lewes, where the garden…