Rembrandt lion drawing fetches nearly €13 million for big cats
February 5, 2026 The drawing in question. Photo: Sotheby’s A tiny drawing of a young lion by Rembrandt…
‘Assumed it had already vanished’
A long-lost plant species has been rediscovered in the jungles of Thailand after not having been seen for…
Remote cameras in Yellowstone capture cougars and wolves on the hunt. The footage reveals something important
Imagine being a cougar in Yellowstone National Park in the northern USA. Until the mid-1990s, you were the…
Watch: World’s longest wild snake found in Indonesia
Feb. 5 (UPI) — Guinness World Records confirmed a massive reticulated python discovered in the Maros region of…
It’s the size of a soccer pitch and is home to 1,000 adorable penguins – and the world’s most southerly post office
The world’s most southerly public post office is on an Antarctic island home to large colony of around…
Sweden’s brown bears were saved from brink of extinction. Will annual hunts bring back their demise?
Published on 05/02/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Sweden’s brown bears are one of the biggest conservation success stories in…
Boothby Wildland ‘overwhelmed’ by response to beaver volunteering appeal
A conservation project preparing for the arrival of beavers has closed its volunteer recruitment after receiving an overwhelming…
Is it really safe to airlift rhinos by their ankles, dangling two-tonne giants in midair?
In Southern Africa, white and black rhinos are often translocated to avoid inbreeding or overpopulation of an area.…
The Arctic is hotting up — what does that mean for us?
The Arctic Circle cuts through eight countries: the US (via Alaska), Canada, Denmark (via Greenland), Iceland, Finland, Sweden,…
Rare sighting of phantom jellyfish in deep sea off Argentina
A rare phantom jellyfish has been spotted by scientists exploring the deep sea near Argentina. Stygiomedusa gigantea, more…
Bangkok Post – Wild elephant’s death during translocation sparks probe
PUBLISHED : 4 Feb 2026 at 12:23 Officials of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation…
They’re tiny. They’re fast. And they’re very deadly. Meet 10 smallest birds of prey on the planet
They are tiny, but they are mighty. They might be short on inches but they’re definitely not short…