The Sumatran rhino is critically endangered with fewer than 100 remaining in the wild The Sumatran rhino is critically endangered with fewer than 100 remaining in the wild (AFP Photo/Ari Wibowo) A critically endangered Sumatran rhino has died weeks after…
Gentoo penguins climb up a snowy slope on Danco Island in the Western Antarctic Peninsula on March 14, 2016; Photograph by Carolyn Van Houten A flurry of snowflakes swirls past in the cold morning air—at least they look like snow—but…
From caterpillars that masquerade as queen ants to fish that sneak in sperm, nature abounds with clever creatures. A reed warbler feeds a young European cuckoo. The cuckoo’s parent left its egg in the warbler’s nest to raise as its…
Caracals are expert bird hunters, capable of catching them in mid-flight with incredible leaps. They are built for a vertical launch. But what goes up must come down – and come down in the right way. The exact mechanism by…
Brian Switek A beautifully preserved fossil from France has given paleontologists a look at an animal that is almost, but not quite, the earliest known spider. The eight-legged creature lived 305 million years ago and has been named Idmonarachne brasieri,…
A diver takes pictures as people look at sharks from an underwater room structure installed in the Aquarium of Paris.The house rules are clear: No swimming at night, keep your head and feet in the bedroom at all times, and…
Cambodian authorities rescued more than half a tonne of live tortoises and pythons stolen by smugglers, a forestry official said Tuesday, the latest haul in a country with a thriving illegal wildlife trade. The animals — 102 elongated tortoises and…
S. Gopikrishna Warrier A sustained local community effort to restore the health of the Thoothapuzha in Kerala has seen otters return to the river after many years Even as the blistering heat sucks lakes and rivers dry in the southern…
Two Chinese policemen fill out paperwork related to the seizure of 900 python skins in July. This week, reports surfaced that 68,000 skins were recovered in China. By Jani Actman Photos show Chinese authorities rolling them out one by one:…
By Traci Watson Scientists are spotting fewer of the biggest whale sharks in global oceans, but no one is sure why. Whale sharks in Western Australia are among the best studied populations in the world. Photograph by Brian J. Skerry,…
An abundance of marine wildlife receives protection from fishing by the government of Ecuador.
By Brian Clark Howard European bison have been reintroduced into the Netherlands. European bison went extinct in the wild in 1919, but now a few thousand are back, grazing in forests and on plains in a handful of countries. The…
By Liz Langley The black Labrador retriever recently detected a drop in blood sugar in 7-year-old Luke Nuttall, who has Type 1 diabetes. His glucose monitor didn’t pick it up, but Jedi did—and woke up Luke’s mother, Dorrie Nuttall, as…
An abundance of marine wildlife receives protection from fishing by the government of Ecuador.
You don’t build the world’s biggest bird nests by putting up with lazybones. That, anyway, is the finding of a new study into how sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) make and maintain nests that can house up to 500 birds. Aggressive…
Swedish environment ministry says Maine lobster could wipe out European species with deadly diseases Oversexed, overfed and over here: that, in a nutshell, is what the Swedes think of the American lobster from Maine, New England. It may be much…
Spain and Portugal’s white storks are forgoing their annual journeys to African wintering grounds, a new study says. There are downsides to landfill living: This European white stork got itself stuck in a plastic bag in Spain. You’ve heard of…
The bright coloration of the poison dart frog is a warning to predators that the animal is toxic. Only about one inch long, the strawberry poison dart frog is a small frog with a plump body and thin limbs. In…
The quest for the perfect night sky shot becomes even more difficult when wild animals are involved.For the last month, astrophotographer, and Earth Capture contributor, Mark Gee has been putting his skills to the test in the Serengeti.Mark sent us…
With only 60 individuals left in northern Madagascar, the northern sportive lemur is on the brink of extinction. Worldwide, more than half of all primates are endangered. If any did die out, their disappearance could alter their ecosystems in unpredictable…
By Jane Palmer Komodo dragons might not breathe fire or fly but they are still awe-inspiring animals – the race is on to save them from becoming mere legends On an archipelago of the Lesser Sunda Islands, which sweep arc-like…
Dhaka – The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is hunting for at least four lions which have escaped from Nairobi National Park bordering the capital, Nairobi, reports BBC. They escaped not long after midnight and were spotted on main roads in…
A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, one of a group which would have been present for the full geological formation of its main Pacific island, researchers said.
Bradnee Chambers San Jose – It has long been said that we know more about the Moon than we do about the oceans. After all, 12 people have walked on the surface of the Moon, but only three have been…
It’s been one of those weeks in India when it comes to wild animals rampaging through populated areas and inflicting damage. On Sunday, it was a 6-year-old leopard that mauled three people. On Wednesday, a large elephant rumbled through a…
A curious municipality mayor fell into the wrath of a scared leopard in Sribordi upazila of Sherpur on Wednesday. Witnesses said Sribordi mayor Abu Syed, 30, was attacked when he went to have a glimpse of the animal which entered…
Dhaka – The Department of Social Forestry has planned a project with the prime objective of establishing plantation for biodiversity enhancement coupled with improving socio-economic condition in the country’s northwest zone. The scheme also intends to check desertification process through…
A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it. A scientist and a forestry employee were among those mauled during the near 10-hour long effort to corner the dangerous…
Two years ago, Ellen Martinsen, was collecting mosquitoes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, looking for malaria that might infect birds–when she discovered something strange: a DNA profile, from parasites in the mosquitoes, that she couldn’t identify. By chance, she had…
Newly published research that started as a high school science project confirms that the density of sea turtle nests on Florida beaches is reduced where artificial lights along the coast deter nesting females.