Category: Wildlife

By David Miller

Burying beetles occasionally punish young who nag for food by eating those who pester them most, according to Edinburgh University research.

By David Miller

The RSPB has lodged objections to proposals to drill for shale gas and oil in Lancashire and West Sussex.

By Jane O’Brien

By Melissa Hogenboom

A white rhino has been shot dead by poachers in one of Kenya’s most secure parks, near the capital Nairobi.

Bhola has been without power since Saturday night after the 34.5MW gas-fired power plant there closed down following technical glitches.

Critically endangered eels are to be helped back into Lake Windermere, Cumbria, where they have not been seen in significant numbers for 30 years.

Claudine Zap

Chittagong Zoo does not even have a Royal Bengal Tiger, Bangladesh’s national animal, for about a year now.

With just about 3,200 tigers left in the world today, very soon the endangered species is likely to vanish from the face of the earth and live only in William Blake’s poem, like the dinosaurs that live only in stories…

Lohagara thana police arrested six bird hunters and seized 280 slaughtered ‘shalik’ (a small yellow breasted singing country bird) from Gopinathpur village in the early hours of Sunday.

Coliform bacteria have been found in drinking water of eighty-seven percent hotels and restaurants in the six districts of Barisal division including the divisional, district towns and tourist zones.

High tide water of the Meghna flooded some ten villages of Dhigournagour and Lord Hardinge unions of Lalmohan upazila in Bhola district for the fourth time.

Study finds that contrary to popular opinion, cheetah don’t overheat during hunts. But their body temperature rises after successful hunts due to stress that another predator may seize their prey.

Rebecca Morelle

Michelle Warwicker, BBC Nature

The National Institute of Health, the largest funder of medical research in the US, is planning to stop using chimpanzees in laboratory experiments. But where will the chimpanzees go and how will it affect scientific research?

Flood situation in Shahzadpur upazila in Pabna still remains unchanged although water of the Jumuna river has started receding.

Two Australian businessmen backed by a university research project have launched what they claim to be the first shark-repellent wetsuits.

Water level of all the 16 rivers in Kurigram district including the Brahmaputra, Dharla, Teesta, Dudkumor and Sonavory have been risen sharply creating flash flood due to torrential rain and on rush of water from the upstream for the last…

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Greece, warning that jellyfish blooms have been reported and for people to heed local advice.

Tourist Samantha Pittendrigh captures incredible video on her mobile phone at Kruger National Park in South Africa

Every year hundreds of baby loggerhead turtles hatch on the beaches of the Caribbean and journey towards the ocean. This year one group of baby turtles on the Dutch-controlled island of Bonair needed a little help.

At least 50 thousand people of Morrelganj upazila in the district have been facing untold sufferings for the last one week as they were marooned due to water logging created for the onrush of the water of the river Panguchi…