King Cobras taking the express? Study says railways are the new high-speed conduits for these deadly reptiles
King cobras are increasingly found on trains and near railway tracks in Goa, a phenomenon linked to habitat…
Camper’s close call near creek sparks warning to Aussies: ‘Be careful’
A camper’s close call while holidaying with family in a rural town along Victoria’s coast has sparked an…
‘The spider monkey is as naked as I am’
There is a picture on my iPhone that I set as wallpaper 35,000ft above the Atlantic, flying home…
As it passed mere millimetres from my body, it released a massive cloud of excrement that covered me head to fin
After working on Pico, the Azores, for three years, I assumed I had seen my fair share of…
A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map
If you imagine the last days of the dinosaurs, you probably picture tyrannosaurs and other big meat-eating theropods…
“This is no ordinary octopus.” Meet the octopus that can walk on land – wait, what?
Octopuses are renowned for their intelligence and with nine brains, it’s no surprise that they’re capable of using…
Rare shark washes ashore in Israel, then is gone
A nature enthusiast walking the shoreline in central Israel came across the carcass of a rare gray sixgill…
The hotel costs thousands a night. Is wildlife paying the real price?
It is just after dawn in the Masai Mara National Reserve and for Akira the leopard a chase…
Emaciated African wildcat found in Roscommon is now thriving at Wexford wildlife park – ‘He wouldn’t have survived another night’
African serval Zeus rescued just in time after wandering into a back garden before Christmas African wildcat found…
Polar bears are using ice loss to their advantage. But scientists warn it won’t last for long
Published on 31/01/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 In 2015, a terrifying image of a “horribly thin” polar bear took…
Rare leopard cub Zeya in first public appearance at Dartmoor Zoo
A Devon zoo has revealed its rare Amur leopard cub Zeya to the public. The cub’s name comes…
It’s 2 miles deep, close to a volcano, the size of 233 soccer fields and home to a whopping 20,000 creatures
If you’ve never tried to imagine the goings-on of an octopus community, you wouldn’t be alone. These highly intelligent animals…