Video shows snake handler pulling venomous cobra from a car after man drove around with it
After a man had been driving, a snake decided to give him a good scare and pop its…
Sperm whales sleep vertically in pods near the ocean surface, motionless and silent for brief stretches, in a posture marine biologists first documented with acoustic tags in 2008
In 2008, a team led by biologist Patrick Miller at the University of St Andrews glued digital acoustic…
Australia confirms first case of bird flu as virus reaches every continent
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has for the first time been found in Australia, the country’s agriculture…
Rare giraffe welcomed to Chester Zoo in hopes to save species from extinction
A rare northern giraffe has arrived at a zoo in hopes he will have calves and help improve…
Tweed Valley Osprey: A look at life in Osprey Towers
His returns are generally when he brings fish or sticks and material to add to the nest. Night-time…
Secretive baboon colony hidden in major Aussie city sparks scrutiny over animal research
For decades, a government-funded colony of more than 160 baboons has lived, bred and died on Sydney’s outskirts,…
Leave it to the beavers: How the industrious mammals are helping to stop a London tube station from flooding
By the time a mother beaver named Willow waddled into a clearing, a hush had fallen over an…
More than 3,000 Asian hornet queens captured in the Channel Islands so far this year
Nearly 3,000 Asian hornet queens have been captured in Jersey so far this year, with nearly 200 caught…
How Did Two Baby Giraffes Go Missing For Over A Year?
iStockphoto Baby giraffe with mom in background You might think it would be pretty hard to keep two…
Satellite tags reveal manta rays stay in one place until ocean conditions drive them deeper
Local divers in Papua New Guinea’s Samarai Islands kept seeing the same reef manta rays at the same…
First snow leopard cubs in four years born at Highland Wildlife Park in Cairngorms
Two snow leopard cubs have been born at Highland Wildlife Park for the first time in four years.…
How a brainless sea blob still ‘feels’ touch and crawls away in seconds without nerves or muscles
Touch triggers travel. A cut causes Trichoplax to rapidly rotate the microscopic anchors of its cilia (basal bodies),…