Rarely seen deepwater shark encountered during night dive off San Diego
A San Diego marine biologist enjoyed a rare encounter recently with a bizarre-looking shark that typically inhabits extremely…
Porpoise found washed up on Thorpeness beach in Suffolk
A walker along Thorpeness beach came across the dolphin-like animal with a significant injury near its head. He…
Runner Sees A Young Turtle Sitting On The Beach — And Realizes Something’s Wrong
Clara Macciocchi was out for a run on a Florida beach and noticed a lot of seaweed on…
Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing “intelligence”
An elephant’s trunk is a marvelous thing, flexible enough to bend and stretch as it forages for food,…
Squirrel With Head Like A ‘Bike Helmet’ Has No Idea He’s A Little Different
A woman in Boise, Idaho, recently noticed a group of squirrels in her backyard bullying one of their…
Wild Horses Brave Rushing Currents of Evros Delta in Greece
The footage offers a glimpse into the raw, authentic beauty of one of Greece’s most vital wetland ecosystems.…
We want to protect red squirrels – so why don’t we protect their habitats? | Wildlife
I was interested to read about the efforts being debated to conserve England’s embattled red squirrel population (‘On…
Great White Shark Spotted in Spain for the First Time in Over 100 Years
For the first time in more than 100 years, a juvenile great white shark was accidentally caught off…
A football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals
A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals…
Camels dying from dehydration descend on APY Lands
Remote communities across South Australia’s Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands are dealing with an unprecedented influx of feral…
Extinct Hawaiian Ibis Had Unusually Small Eyes and Limited Visual Capacity, Study Says
Apteribis, an extinct species of ibis that once inhabited the Hawaiian Islands, occupied a niche similar to that…
Jealous of a sibling? Baboons are too
For the study, a team of researchers from Finland’s University of Turku observed two troops of wild chacma…