Secretive And Super-Hard To Spot: Meet The Smallest Snake In The World
For some ophiophobes, even the thought of a snake is enough to set pulses racing. But while there…
What caused the extinction of great penguins that roamed New Zealand?
By Daniel Thomas, Alan Tennyson and Felix Georg Marx of Pair of emperor penguins with their eggs. Photo:…
Leopard sharks recorded mating by researcher in rare event off New Caledonia
Three endangered leopard sharks have been spotted mating together in a rare event caught on camera by an…
Dodging New York traffic: how hundreds of whales are on a collision course with ships and boats | Global development
It is the beginning of August and a crowd is gathered on the deck of the American Princess…
Stoat swam into predator free sanctuary
A stoat is believed to have swum to a predator free sanctuary in the Marlborough Sounds. Department of…
These 5 Snakes Are Faster Than You’d Ever Expect
Snakes might look slow or lazy at first, but many are actually surprisingly fast. Their speed isn’t just…
The near-extinction of rhinos is at risk of being normalised
A century ago, half a million rhinos roamed Africa and Asia. Today, just 27,000 remain. The latest annual…
Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?
Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays’s great penguins – emperors and kings – lived in…
12 species found for the first time in Periyar tiger reserve | Kerala Stories
Kumaly: The annual comprehensive biodiversity survey at the renowned Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala found 12 new species…
Canada wildlife decline ‘most severe’ in decades, WWF says
Species globally assessed as at-risk of extinction in Canada, such as the North Atlantic right whale and leatherback…
Birth of UK’s Only Bonobo Baby Gives Fresh Hope for World’s Most Endangered Ape
credit – Adam Kay, Twycross Zoo / SWNS Conservationists and zookeepers are celebrating our closest living relative giving…
Eat salmon, win prizes: Fat Bear Week begins in Alaska’s Katmai national park | Alaska
It’s that time of year again, when audiences turn to a welcome distraction from the heavy news cycle:…