It glows like a fire, looks like an autumn leaf and has just awoken from its winter slumber. Now it’s on the hunt for food
The first butterfly of the year always lifts the spirits – and it’s often a comma. This butterfly…
Endangered Persian Leopards Mount Comeback in Central Asia’s Most Reclusive Nation
Persian leopard (aka the Anatolian or Caucasian leopard) – Panthera pardus tulliana – by Tamar Assaf / Wikimedia…
‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade | Birds
The two puffins washed up among seaweed and bits of plastic on a beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on…
World’s smallest possum may live beyond its known range in Australia
New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s known…
Cameroon’s decade of conflict leaves apes and conservationists in peril
Dozens of protected areas in Cameroon’s anglophone regions, including parks that are home to great apes and…
From carbon-storing tigers to flood-blocking beavers: How wildlife secretly tackles climate change
As the planet edges closer to irreversible damage, wild animals around the world are staging their own secret…
“What would David Attenborough do?” Gordon Buchanan on coming face to face with big cats
By Rebecca Norris | Published – 25 Feb 2026
The most ferocious of felines are the stars…
Literary Hub » Why So Many Women Are Writing About Bears
As a daughter of a wildlife biologist growing up in the Canadian wilderness, I’ve been fascinated with bears…
Night cameras film extremely rare pigmy hippos wandering though Ivory Coast rainforest
They may be the size of a Shetland pony and weigh up to 275kg (600lb) but pigmy hippos…
It’s the size of a small car, has outlived the dinosaurs can dive a bonkers 1,000 metres down
Of the seven sea turtle species in the world, five have been recorded in the waters around Britain,…
3,300 Pounds of Shark Fins Seized in Brazilian Raid Connected to Chinese Syndicate
Some 1.5 metric tons of shark fins were seized in a Brazilian operation in February. Photo: Brazilian Federal…
Boy Finds Crocodile Far From Where It Should Be
Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a…