Tiny tree snails make historic comeback 40 years after vanishing from the wild
A captive-bred Partula tohiveana tree snail (right) and a newly born juvenile (left) move across a green leaf.…
Scientists sunk a cow into the South China Sea. Then a gigantic animal appeared
In June 2025, scientists released extraordinary footage of Pacific sleeper sharks in the South China Sea. It was…
How to Track Contender, the 1,700-Pound Great White Shark Heading to Cape Cod
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Why crabs walk sideways instead of forwards – and the answer is stranger than you think
Most crabs walk sideways but some still prefer to walk forwards, such as the lumbering spider crabs, which…
Scientists recorded more than 50 days of deep-ocean footage before a goblin shark appeared for just over 20 seconds near the Tonga Trench, one of the first two confirmed sightings of this 125-million-year lineage alive in its natural habitat
For more than 50 days, cameras watched the deep Pacific. Then, at 1,997 metres on the slope of…
India: Liquor store employee narrowly escapes leopard attack
CCTV footage from 20 July showed the moment a leopard entered a liquor store and attacked a salesman…
They sound like spaceships! Polar researchers capture otherworldly footage of seal mum and pup beneath the ice
Researchers have shared adorable footage of mother Weddell seals teaching their babies to swim in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound. Adult Weddell seals,…
Six fluffy barn owlets were found nesting on a farm near Peterborough, bringing good news after the farm faced six suspected arson attacks this summer
A surprise brood of six barn owlets has brought a welcome lift to a Cambridgeshire farm after a…
The sex life of treefrogs: how females build better nests by mating with multiple partners
African grey foam-nest treefrogs (Chiromantis xerampelina) are common across the savannahs and dry forests of south-eastern Africa. Despite…
Do tourists stress out safari animals? We tested their dung to find out
Every year, thousands of tourists pile into game drive vehicles or don their hiking gear and cross South…
In 2015, two men bought live sea turtles from a Papua New Guinea food market and set them free instead of letting them become food | World News
In 2015, a simple act of compassion by two men in Papua New Guinea won hearts after they…
Passenger Pigeon Extinction: In 1914, the passenger pigeon disappeared after once filling North American skies, becoming one of history’s greatest wildlife losses
There was a time when passenger pigeons were so numerous that their flocks darkened the skies for hours.…