Daniel Graham

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Danny writes about wildlife, conservation and the environment.

"I thought, what's that?" Hiker makes extraordinary discovery in Sequoia National Park

Ecologist Professor Hugh Safford was walking in California's High Sierra when he stumbled across a truly unlikely thing.

Underwater vehicle stumbles across never-seen-alive 'glass' animal in Antarctic abyss

The tentacled denizen of the deep was found drifting through the darkness 687 metres beneath the surface.

Dragon of the abyss: this rarely seen deep-sea creature is like a shadow with fangs

Dragonfish are often very dark in colour, making them almost invisible to prey in the deep ocean.

There's a curious masked animal in the Appalachian Mountains – and every year its skeleton shrinks

Scientists noticed this rare body transformation while studying the animal in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina.

"It's like finding a diamond": 16-million-year-old animal found encased in amber on Caribbean island

The remarkable discovery offers fresh insights into the history of one of the world’s most elusive animal groups, say scientists.

Dinosaur hunters just made a monstrous discovery in the Canadian Rockies

The palaeontologists found are series of prehistoric footprints in two locations in the rugged mountains – and they belonged to an enormous animal.

There's a rare and mystifying animal in the Pyrenees mountains that looks like a tiny, furry elephant

Webbed feet, a flexible snout and waterproof fur – the curious Pyrenean desman is surely one of Europe's oddest mammals.

In the 1970s, over 100 ancient rhinos were found entombed in Yellowstone ash – we finally know what happened

It has taken researchers more than 50 years to solve the mystery of why so many rhinos died in the same spot.

Cataclysmic volcanic eruption in Hawai'i triggers astonishing explosion of life 1,200 miles away

When Hawai‘i’s Kīlauea volcano erupted in May 2018, it wasn’t just the island that felt the impact, say scientists in a new study.

Camera traps record mysterious 'cold wave' in Amazon lowlands – and what happened in its wake

When two scientists noticed the phenomenon on a year-long trip to the Peruvian Amazon, they were compelled to find out more.

When great white sharks vanished from False Bay, it triggered something disturbing

There has been a dramatic ripple effect since the apex predators disappeared from the 30km-wide bay on the southern tip of South Africa, say scientists.

Awe-inspiring video shows monumental whale leap in Iceland

Humpbacks can jump more than 12 metres into the air – that's higher than the average two-storey house.

Scuba divers went to an airplane graveyard in the Pacific and found souls lurking among the wrecks

Around 150 World War II aircrafts were sunk at Kwajalein Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – here's what it looks like 80 years on.

Muscles and guts of prehistoric animal found “preserved in unimaginable detail” in South African mountains

The fossilised remains, unearthed 25 years ago from farmland in the Cederberg Mountains, have only recently been described.

Scientists film dramatic videos of ambush predators hiding behind sharks to hunt

The extraordinary hunting behaviour was recorded around a small, rocky island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Mysterious tusked animal caught on trail cam in Vietnam forest after decades-long search

The rare creature was seen wandering through Cao Bang province in the north-east of the country.

Ancient creatures found encased in amber in remote forests of Myanmar – and they’ve been hiding a deadly secret

The 99-million-year-old specimens were discovered in the isolated Hukawng Valley in the north of the country.

Massive eyes, exceedingly long intestines and a flying cloak – meet the almost unfathomable colugo

This strange creature from the rainforests of Southeast Asia has webbed fingers, extra-sharp claws and can glide up to 150m from tree to tree.

When a colossal iceberg broke free from Antarctica, scientists found something staggering beneath it

With the help of a remotely operated vehicle, the researchers discovered a breathtaking world hidden under the ice for centuries.

"Uncharted territory": soft tissue of ancient animal found entombed in volcanic rock near Rome

The 30,000-year-old remains display microscopic details of animal tissue, including eyelids and perfectly preserved feathers, say scientists

Rare creature lost for 130 years found hiding in Chilean mountains

Last seen alive in 1893, scientists have rediscovered two populations of the elusive animal in the high streams of the Andes.

When this deep-sea shark emerged from the shadows in the Caribbean Sea, it had an unexpected fright

The primitive shark species was filmed in the deep waters around the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean Sea.

Dinosaur footprints found "hiding in plain sight" in Australian high school

It's one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Australia, say experts.

Earth's oldest meteorite crater discovered in Australian outback – here's what scientists found inside it

Researchers say the 3.47-billion-year-old impact crater could help explain how life on Earth began.