Wildlife

a brown bear in a forest

Italian Conservationists Grapple With Fallout From Fatal Bear Attack

A bear-related fatality in Italy is igniting debate around the...
April 27, 2023
nanuq the australian shepherd

Lost Dog Ventures Across Bering Strait to Safety — 240Km Away

A month on the sea ice in the Bering...
April 16, 2023
Three stills of a dwarf reed snake cartwheeling

Small Snakes Can Cartwheel Away From Predators

You’d have to be a much better acrobat than...
April 11, 2023
An elephant and calf.

Did Elephants Make Themselves Less Aggressive?

People often associate elephants with emotion. Elephants reach out...
April 8, 2023
snailfish eating bait in the deep ocean

Camera Catches Deepest Fish Ever Off Coast of Japan

A scientific expedition near Japan caught footage that marks...
April 3, 2023
The blue-ringed octopus.

Woman Bitten By Deadly Blue-Ringed Octopus Will Survive

On March 16, a blue-ringed octopus bit a woman...
April 1, 2023
a pack of four wolves

Dispelling The Enduring Myth of Wolf Pack Pecking Order

In 1970, biologist David Mech published The Wolf: The...
March 30, 2023
A team of scientists look at a preserved extinct species.

Scientists Want to Clone Extinct Bison

Russian scientists have uncovered a previously unknown species of...
March 28, 2023
A fin whale with scoliosis.

The Fin Whale With A Broken Back

A fin whale with a severely bent spine has...
March 20, 2023
A long-tailed macaque using a stone.

Thai Monkeys Make the Same Stone Tools As Early Humans

Monkeys in Thailand’s forests are -- unintentionally -- making...
March 19, 2023
a screenshot of a large gorilla playing in a child's pool

Apes Seek Altered Mental State, Get Dizzy on Purpose

You've probably seen the viral videos: gorillas, orangutans, and...
March 16, 2023
A walrus in Scotland

Another Walrus Visits the UK

A huge walrus has made landfall in Scotland, just...
March 4, 2023
orcas

Two Orcas Kill 17 Sharks in One Day, Eat Only Their Livers

If sharks made their own horror films, I'm pretty...
March 1, 2023
A cropped version of photographer Nicolas Remy's award-winning spotted handfish photograph.

Photographer Snags Image of Rare Tasmanian Spotted Handfish

There are only 3,000 spotted handfish still crawling around...
February 28, 2023
an orca whale

Orca Cares For Pilot Whale Calf in Never Before Seen Behavior

Scientists studying orcas off the west coast of Iceland...
February 23, 2023
fin whale

‘Beyond Belief’: Massive Fin Whale Pod Sighting Prompts Fishing Scrutiny

On a January 2022 morning in the Southern Ocean,...
February 22, 2023
astronaut on Mars

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
February 11, 2023
A Pallas's Cat.

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
February 4, 2023
a bear taking a selfie in a wildlife camera trap

Winnie-the-Peek-a-Boo: Colorado Bear Poses for 100s of Selfies on Camera Trap

When Boulder, Colorado's Open Space and Mountain Parks team...
January 30, 2023
An image of Io taken by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper imager.

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...
January 28, 2023
alaska polar bear attack

Polar Bear Kills Mother, 1-Year-Old in Alaska

A polar bear chased several residents around a tiny,...
January 19, 2023
a mountain chickadee perched on a snowy branch

The Colder The Winter, The Smarter The Chickadee

Researchers have determined that mountain chickadees living at high...
January 13, 2023
fennec fox

Cuteness Overload: Meet the World’s Smallest Wild Canine

The massive Sahara Desert covers 6% of the world’s...
January 5, 2023
svalbard reindeer

Svalbard Reindeer Flourish As Climate Warms

New research suggests that the reindeers' flexible diet might...
January 2, 2023

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