Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters
So, the evidence is mixed. Now, Prates and his colleagues are arguing we’re not off the hook. Humans…
‘Waving arms and staring’ suggested as ways to scare gulls, MSPs told
Getty Images MSPs were told gulls do not like being stared at Scotland’s nature body suggested people should…
Camels depicted in 12,000-year-old rock art
About 12,000 years ago, a human living in the Arabian desert carved “incredibly beautiful” rock art into a…
Jane Goodall, renowned chimp researcher and conservationist, dies
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She…
‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China | Canada
Canada’s government has refused a request by the beleaguered Marineland theme park to export its remaining 30 beluga…
Kayakers have second close encounter with great white in four days
A group of Western Australian sea kayakers has come face-to-face with a five-metre great white shark for the…
Photographer Brings Drone on Cruise Ship, Finds Polar Bears Living in Abandoned Building
A photographer who brought his drone along on a cruise trip discovered a group of polar bears living…
Bettongs Return After 120 Years and Learn to Survive With Foxes and Cats
Once wiped out from South Australia for over a century, bettongs—the curious, rabbit-sized marsupials often nicknamed rat-kangaroos—are making…
Elephant charges at tourists, shoves woman underwater during safari in Botswana. Watch
An elephant in Botswana’s wetlands charged at a group of tourists during a safari canoe tour after they…
Where Do Hummingbirds Go When It Gets Cold?
Hummingbirds are pretty amazing creatures. They’re the smallest bird—most weigh less than a nickel—and they’re also the only…
Jane Goodall, who transformed understanding of humankind by studying chimpanzees, dies at 91
Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that…
Sterilising ‘Nazi’ raccoons? That’s inhumane, say hunters
When a German city overrun with 30,000 raccoons — descendants of animals released during the Third Reich —…