Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn’t know about sharks
The first shark-like teeth came 410 million years ago, and the first group that really looked like sharks…
In pictures: 3,000-mile journey to save rare Przewalski’s horses
Two horses have been transported 3,000 miles (5,000km) to help secure the future of a species that was…
What to know about Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Revisiting actions from his first term that were reversed, President Donald Trump announced…
Sperm whales dive to depths of nearly 2,250 metres on a single breath, their heads packed with a waxy oil called spermaceti that solidifies under cold pressure and helps them sink like a stone toward prey they hunt in total darkness
A sperm whale can hold its breath for over an hour and drop nearly 2,250 metres below the…
Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky – BBC
Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky BBCBison rams grandfather in Yellowstone Park, knocking him…
England: Britain bought 1,525 acres of nearly lifeless farmland for £13.8 million; four years later, beavers are helping it make money
Beavers are finally released at Boothby Wildland. Photograph: Jonathan Perugia/Gaia Visual for Nattergal A bold experiment in Lincolnshire…
Meet the Turkey vulture: The bird that vomits at predators and poops on its own legs to survive |
A Turkey vulture drifting high overhead can look almost effortless, its broad wings held in a shallow V…
New wormlion species builds pitfall traps on the slopes of the Himalayas
Small, cone-shaped pits occasionally turn up in the fine, dry soil beneath a rock overhang or a roadside…
This 5kg bandit-masked carnivore is North America’s most numerous mammal and often regarded as the ultimate urban pest
The common raccoon is North America’s most numerous mammal and is famed as a nuisance! It belongs to…
Experts believe monkeys and apes are key to preventing a sixth mass extinction
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
40 times heavier & thousand times larger than a blue whale: Meet Pando, the world’s biggest living organism
The world’s largest living organism: Pando At first glance, it looks like an ordinary grove of quaking aspens…
‘Large potential wildlife moving near the weather station.’ Polar bear-detection system successfully clocks family in Canada’s High Arctic
Scientists in Canada’s High Arctic are celebrating the first successful detection of a polar bear family at the Environment and…