Wildlife

spotted cat stalks behind tree

Watch Clouded Leopard Kittens Trundle Through the Borneo Jungle

There’s a well-known behavioral resemblance between big cats and...
a black-colored bear charges a full-grown female tiger

Clash of Jungle Giants: Tiger vs. Bear in India

You might think that a rumble between a tiger...
a Joro spider

Flamingos, Spiders, and Other Animals Are Showing Up Where They’ve Never Been

Developing an amateur interest in naturalism means becoming intimately...
Orca swimming alongside a boat.

Boat-Sinking Orcas are Just Breaking Toys, New Theory Says

A tiny pod of orcas in the Strait of...
Two different snakes playing dead

Dice Snakes Fake Dramatic Deaths

A number of species will play dead to avoid...
an anglerfish on a beach

Treasure from the Deep: Deep-Sea Anglerfish Washes Ashore in Oregon

There's rare, and then there's deep-sea anglerfish rare. Only...
a man on a boat holds up a bag of blood

Weekend Warm-Up: Are Sharks Really Attracted to Human Blood? This YouTuber Finds Out

Does the smell of human blood really whip sharks...
a jararaca

Researcher Steps on 100 Pit Vipers (For Science!)

The jararaca is one of South America's most venomous...
A black-necked spitting cobra

Found: Treatment for Spitting Cobra Venom

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announced that a...
orangutan before/after with and without a facial wound

Orangutan Seen Healing Own Wound with Plants, in World First

For the first time, an animal has been observed...
two lions having sex on top of a caged truck

Sex Safari: In the Mighty Jungle, the Lions, er, Don’t Sleep Tonight

It’s 2024, and sex positivity has never been higher....
brown bear on a roadside

In Japan, Bear Attacks Surge as Authorities Warn Hikers Away

A record number of bear attacks across Japan have...
tiger with bloody face dragging a large dead crocodile

Watch Bengal Tigers Eat a Huge Crocodile

Suffice it to say it’s not easy to kill...
The cyborg cockroaches move over the sand

Cyborg Cockroaches Programmed to Move in Formation

In an experiment out of The Terminator, scientists released...
illustration of a gigantic snake near a crocodile

Largest Snake of All Time Was Longer than a T-Rex — But ‘Gentle’

Imagine a snake longer than a shipping container —...
head shot of an Indian man

Weekend Warm-Up: How One Extraordinary Man Planted a Forest Bigger Than Central Park

At 550 hectares, Majuli is the world’s largest river...
bumblebee on a yellow flower

Sleeping Bumblebees Can Survive a Week of Drowning

If you fall into a deep sleep in a...
a dolphin

Pacific Tribal Leaders Give Whales and Dolphins Legal Personhood

Tribal leaders from New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Tonga,...
Wisdom the albatross

Old But Bold: World’s Most Ancient Wild Bird Still Looking For Love

Pretty much any idea reality TV producers come up...
A blue whale racing group.

Rare Blue Whale Mating Ritual Caught on Camera

In a sighting so rare it has only been...
Weird sea creature known as a spaghetti monster

Deep-Sea Life Bonanza Discovered off Easter Island

Until recently, nobody knew the bounty of curious deep-sea...
Artists impression of a Dusicyon avus.

Foxes Were Once Man’s Best Friend

A burial ground in Patagonia has revealed that before...
penguins jumping off ice cliff

Belly Flop! Watch Penguin Chicks Plunge, Plummet, and Plop off Huge Ice Cliffs

Nobody knew why some six-month-old emperor penguin chicks routinely...

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