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),…
Squirrelpox warning after sick red squirrels spotted in Dollar
Wildlife charities have warned of potential cases of squirrelpox after receiving multiple reports of sick red squirrels in…
Beaver rewilding: This city had a flooding problem, so it turned to the world’s second largest rodent for help
Summary An patch of West London plagued by flooding turned to beavers, extinct in the UK for 400…
This tiny, brave carnivore battles rival groups. Now researchers have discovered something astonishing about their defences
When you’re a little creature in the animal kingdom, you need to be constantly on the lookout for…
Public urged to follow fortunes of migrating Irish cuckoo
The movements of three Irish cuckoos are being tracked this year as part of conservation efforts to better…
St James’s Park pelicans hatch chicks for first time
He said: “I can’t wait to watch their antics as they grow and join the wider flock and…
Pine marten spotted in Worthing garden is first seen in 100 years
Andrew said that he reported the sighting to the trust, which confirmed it was a pine marten from…