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Scientists just solved one of Yellowstone’s greatest animal mysteries
For two decades, researchers have been trying to work out how a remarkable animal can survive among the scalding thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park. Now they finally know.
Huge outcry as Australia shoots 700 koalas from helicopters
The cull took place following a large bush fire that destroyed thousands of hectares of habitat in Budj Bim National Park, Victoria.
20 of the most epic wildlife photos on Earth revealed
Sun-basking leopards, battling rhinos and playful mountain gorillas all celebrated in the landmark Remembering Wildlife photo contest.
This fossilised 'hell ant' found in a Brazilian museum has been hiding a mighty secret
Experts say the 113-million-year-old fossil is the oldest ant specimen ever discovered.
Curious animal isolated for 40,000 years found living in Rocky Mountains
Researchers think the creature managed to survive in a glacial ‘refuge’, a pocket of land that didn't freeze over during the last ice age.
Bite marks found on York skeleton provide first evidence of Roman gladiators fighting lions
The skeleton offers the very first physical evidence in Europe of human-animal combat, say researchers.
"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.
Time-lapse camera records elusive tentacled animal 5,000m deep in Atlantic Ocean
The footage gave researchers new insights into a type of deep-sea creature only previously captured through still photography.
“Utterly spectacular”: incredibly rare 'pack ice' killer whale filmed swimming in Antarctic snow
Pack ice killer whales are a unique type of orca that live in Antarctica – and there are fewer than 100 left.
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.
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.
When researchers sunk baited cameras into Timor-Leste’s deep ocean for the first time, they made a stunning discovery
The cameras recorded the first-ever live footage of one of the rarest deep-sea animals in the world.
Last seen in Brazil in 1905, this tiny insect just reappeared – in a dramatic way
A species of cricket that exploits ant colonies has not been detected in Brazil for over a century – but scientists just found specimens in their own homes.
An armoured sea creature is hiding in plain sight on the deep, dark walls on Monterey Canyon
Tough scales protect it from predators, while long, sticky tentacles help it ensnare prey.
Colossal squid filmed alive in deep ocean for the first time ever
The incredible footage of a colossal squid in its natural environment was captured in the South Atlantic Ocean 100 years after the species was identified.
When explorers went to the Falkland Islands, a group of curious animals surrounded them
The huge birds approached the researchers “before giving a trademark side-eye and waddling off”.
"We were amazed to observe a cuttlefish waving back" – video experiment stuns scientists
The researchers observed what happened when cuttlefish watched videos of, and listened to recordings of, fellow cuttlefish performing special arm wave signs.
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.
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.
Dire wolf 'de-extinction': here's everything you need to know
Is the dire wolf really back from extinction? Here's what the experts think.
Pangolarium: veterinary and rehab facility dedicated to pangolins opens in South Africa
The new rehabilitation centre offers hope for the planet's most trafficked mammal, say conservationists.
"So weird. So unreal”: diver films fantastical creatures crawling along seafloor
These extraordinary animals come in a range of colours and patterns so wide that people are surprised they’re even real.
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.