Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America
image: Reconstruction of Purussarus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus. view more Credit: Miguel Hernandez South America during the Miocene…
The Real-Life Lion King Behind National Geographic’s Lion
15 min read The mama lion shouldn’t be here. The sun is too high, the air is too…
Mammal extinction followed the same rules for 130,000 years – until now
Traits that predicted mammal extinction for 130,000 years are changing, raising questions about how scientists identify species most…
For generations, Indonesia’s Huaulu community hunted endangered cockatoos for a sacred ritual; now they use naturally shed feathers | World News
Representative Image of salmon-crested cockatoos in a lush forest on Seram Island (AI-generated image) On Indonesia’s Seram Island,…
In 1911, Norwegian whalers released 10 reindeer on South Georgia for food and hunting; a century later nearly 7,000 were removed after the herds damaged native vegetation
In 1911, Norwegian whalers released 10 reindeer on South Georgia for food and hunting When Norwegian whalers brought…
It uses its razor-sharp saw-like teeth as a cookie cutter to rip circular chunks of flesh from its prey
One of the weirdest sharks in the world, and smaller than a koi the cookiecutter shark, found in…
The ‘world’s first rewilded sharks’ are being raised by shark nannies
EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing…
Nat Geo’s ‘Lion’ Cinematography Interview with Sophie Darlington
We live in a world where pretty much anything can be rendered photorealistically, from animals to aliens to…
An octopus was filmed carrying two halves of a coconut shell across the seafloor to reassemble them later as a portable suit of armour, one of the only clear cases of a wild invertebrate using tools.
A team of Australian marine biologists were diving off the coast of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, on a research…
This award-winning photo reminds us that the best wildlife shots come from watching, not chasing
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Okapi: new book celebrates a once famous animal and recovers Indigenous experts’ place in its history
As a child growing up in the Ndumo Game Reserve on the South Africa-Mozambique border, Simon Pooley read…
Experts looked inside Cape Town’s largest predator. What they found has them worried
Most of Cape Town’s caracals have rat poison in their bodies. The discovery, reported in Environmental Pollution, raises concerns…