First-Ever Photos Reveal Secretive Giant Rat of New Guinea
Large rat Mallomys istapantap. Image from a camera trap. Credit: František Vejmělka, originally published in: Vejmělka, F. (2025).…
Week in wildlife: a flying teddy, a fishy shipwreck and a globe-trotting sea slug | Environment
In sea slug news: a “groundbreaking” discovery has been made, with the nudibranch Spurilla neapolitana, typically found in…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the…
Week in wildlife: a slow loris, a tiny deer and a glamorous dumpling squid | Environment
This photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla, was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer…
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
Black rhino numbers have increased but there’s bad news for others
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there…
Archived natural DNA samplers reveal four decades of biodiversity change across the tree of life
Specimen bank data This research complies with all relevant ethical regulations. All study protocols are approved by the…
Scientists identify the killer of 5 billion starfish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5…
South Africa starts injecting rhino horns with radioactive material to curb poaching
MOKOPANE, South Africa. — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of…
Week in wildlife: a rescued monkey, squabbling jays and an amputee camel | Environment
Yong, a six-year-old pigtailed macaque rescued from a life harvesting coconuts, gets a vasectomy at the Wildlife Friends…
Shotgun sequencing of airborne eDNA achieves rapid assessment of whole biomes, population genetics and genomic variation
Permitting The analysis of human-derived eDNA from field obtained samples and human-related sampling was conducted with University of…