A bustling airport would hardly seem the place to find a new species of reclusive animal, but a team of California biologists recently found a shy new species of legless lizard living at the end of a runway at Los…
Category: Wildlife
New spiny rat discovered in ‘birthplace of evolution’
Tufts of harsh, bristly hair and a white tail tip are among the defining features of a new rodent species discovered in Indonesia.
Wedding delayed as ring-bearing owl goes for a sleep
A wedding service was delayed when an owl bearing rings fell asleep in the church roof.
Crocodile takes to Mexico’s flooded streets
A crocodile has been found roaming Acapulco’s streets following heavy flooding in Mexico.
Beluga whales create art in Japan aquarium
Beluga whales at an aquarium near Tokyo are learning how to paint pictures as part of an autumn art programme for visitors, an official said Wednesday.
Tourism may be last hope to save Bengal Tiger
It’s an adrenaline rush you won’t find in any zoo. In the jungles of Northeast India, ABC News “Nightline” is in hot pursuit of one of the world’s most exotic and mysterious beasts: the great Bengal tiger.
Shy male birds keep closer ‘friends’
By Ella Davies
A threat to survival of white-bellied herons in Bhutan
While Bhutan plays a pioneering role to protect the critically endangered White-bellied heron, an endangered bird species across the world, with the establishment of the Punatshangchhu hydro project, ornithologists from Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) say the habitat…
Short-haired bumblebee nests in Dungeness
A species of bee reintroduced to the UK after becoming extinct has nested for the first time in a quarter of a century.
Africa’s ‘right-on’ whale capital
Perched away from the world on the rocky southern tip of Africa, the town of Hermanus rose to global whale-watching renown almost by chance.
Hong Kong bans shark fin at official banquets
Hong Kong’s government said Friday it would stop serving shark fin at official functions as “a good example”, following years of lobbying by conservation groups.
Can we learn to love vultures?
Vultures have suffered something of an image problem over the years. Eating the bodies of dead animals has never attracted us to them. But now a project – supported by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – is trying to…
Must-see: Amazonian butterflies drink turtle tears
The sight of butterflies flocking onto the heads of yellow-spotted river turtles in the western Amazon rain forest is not uncommon, at least if one is able to sneak up on the skittish reptiles. But the reason why butterflies congregate…
DNA study suggests climate change did kill off mammoth
Researchers have found evidence to suggest that climate change, rather than humans, was the main factor that drove the woolly mammoth to extinction.
Saving swans from dangers of migration
Over the next few weeks, tens of thousands of swans and geese will arrive in the UK, as they attempt to escape the Arctic cold.
Nature’s biggest treasure hunt
Shaney Hudson
Ghana’s dead whales: Oil linked denied
Ghana has dismissed accusations that oil operations could have caused the deaths of several whales washed up on beaches over the past week.
Zimbabwe elephants poisoned by poachers in Hwange
Poachers have used poison to kill 41 elephants in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, an official has told the BBC.
The great Cold War potato beetle battle
By Lucy Burns
Second whale stranded in Firth of Forth is put down
A minke whale has been put down by vets after it became stranded in the Firth of Forth just days after the death of a pilot whale in the area.
Asian hornets ‘heading for Britain’
Swarms of vicious Asian hornets may soon be heading across the Channel to attack the UK’s bee colonies.
Weird! tiny frog uses its mouth to hear
by Denise Chow, LiveScience
Seized shark fins dumped in Pacific ceremony
The Marshall Islands symbolically disposed of confiscated shark fins at sea Tuesday in a ceremony witnessed by regional leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
Seabirds are indicator species for climate change
From: Allison Winter, ENN
Happy reunion in Amazon Forests
David Good’s parents come from different countries – hardly unusual in the US where he was raised. But the 25-year-old’s family is far from ordinary – while his father is American, his mother is a tribeswoman living in a remote…
Older cranes help keep younger birds on the right track
By Rosemary Peters
Desert tortoise faces threat from its own refuge
By Hannah Dreier
Reintroduced white-tailed eagle pair raise chick
Scotland’s largest bird of prey, the white-tailed eagle, has bred in the east of the country for the first time in almost 200 years.
Isolated Mashco-Piro Indians appear in Peru
LIMA — Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation in Peru’s southeastern Amazon attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011, leading to a tense standoff at a river hamlet.