Chimpanzees and bonobos have human-like friend circles, study finds
Humans often organize their relationships into layers, spending the most time with a small group of close friends…
Spider stalks and outwits a fly in mesmerizing hunt that has viewers hooked
A popular Reddit clip is giving viewers a front-row seat to one of nature’s smallest but most suspenseful…
Snakes that are highly social: If you see one of these snakes, chances are there are more hiding close by
It’s not just garter snakes. Rattlesnakes are among the most reliably social serpents in North America, and the…
Green-faced timber rattlesnake spotted on Virginia trail leaves viewers stunned: ‘Crazy colours’
A striking timber rattlesnake photographed on a hiking trail in western Virginia is drawing attention online for one…
Mystery find on Galloway beach aids Spanish shark study
The equipment, which has been returned to the Spanish research team, was a MiniPAT pop-up archival transmitting tag…
Thousands of baby green sea turtles head to sea after successful egg relocation
More than 9,100 northern Great Barrier Reef green sea turtle hatchlings have begun their journey to sea after…
Use crayfish to keep Hampstead Heath swimmers at bay | Wildlife
I know how to stop swimmers using the wildlife ponds on Hampstead Heath (Report, 27 May). Erect a…
Rare white-tailed eagle disappearance investigated by police
The sudden disappearance of a juvenile white-tailed eagle is being investigated by police. The male chick was born…
There is a species of jellyfish that is essentially immortal — Turritopsis dohrnii, which can revert from its adult form back to its juvenile polyp stage when stressed or injured, and then mature again, potentially repeating the cycle indefinitely, in the only known case of a complex animal that can reverse its own aging process
In the warm coastal waters of the Mediterranean, and now globally distributed via ship ballast water, lives a…
Aussie driver pulls over as street lights illuminate wild scene on powerlines
Hurrying to pick up a pizza before the football, a driver pulled up at a stop sign and…
Watch incredible moment orca leaps out of water off Northumberland coast
Some people said they would have thought the footage was AI had it not been posted by well-established…
Isle of Wight fox cub trapped in drain for five days rescued
The Friends of the Animals team were first alerted when a barking dog, which had been heard for…