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Scientists discover bald eagle nest on banks of Michigan river – and are stunned at what they find inside it
Four bald eagles fledge from nest in North America for only the fifth time on record.
25-year camera-trap study of elusive Amazonian mammal reveals it’s changing its behaviour
Giant anteaters in Bolivia are adapting their behaviour in the face of rising temperatures, rather than predation threats
Tourists witness jaguar fighting puma in Brazilian wetlands
Jaguar-oriented tourism is helping researchers in South America learn more about the behaviour of wild cats.
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Birdwatchers spotted a black vulture nesting on the roadside. What it was sitting on amazed them all
The vulture appeared to be incubating a snail shell – it's the first time this behaviour has ever been documented.
Striking image of an orange-tailed damselfly peering through leaf wins photography competition
A photo of an orange-tailed marsh dart damselfly is the winner of the 2026 BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition.
Experts looked inside Cape Town's largest predator. What they found has them worried
New study finds that the majority of caracals living in the South African city have rat poison in their livers.
Spectacular whale 'feeding frenzies' are suddenly being seen along the coast of East Greenland – and scientists know why
Climate change has led to a rapid increase in the abundance of large whales along the coast of East Greenland, drawn in by a rise in fish prey and reduced sea ice.
“We would find piles of rattlesnakes.” Scientists witness undocumented snake behaviour in Wyoming's mountains
Prairie rattlesnakes gather in groups to shed their skins – and researchers are trying to figure out why.
London’s Natural History Museum is reopening a “hidden” gallery closed off since World War II
Objects on display include a hand axe found near a woolly mammoth and a replica jaw of a domesticated Palaeolithic dog
This photobomb is the most adorable thing you’ll see all day
When this wildlife photographer set up his GoPro in the waters of French Polynesia, a funny fish came to investigate.
Researchers looked inside an Indian well – and found a colourless creature hidden in the darkness
A new species of subterranean earthworm eel has been found living beneath the ground in the Indian state of Bihar.
Scientists X-rayed ancient penguin bones from remote Antarctic island. Here’s why
Antarctica wasn’t always the freezing and ice-capped remote land we know today…
“You’re looking at one of the wildest landscapes on Earth and watching a species that almost nobody has ever studied.“
Scientists set off into the remote Patagonian Andes to study this rare, ‘forgotten’ rodent.
Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state’s Arctic coast, driven by climate change.
These birds have never seen rattlesnakes before. Here's what happened when the two of them met
Red-winged blackbirds differentiate between venomous and non-venomous snakes when defending their nests, even if they've never come across the species before, according to a new study.
This coral reef gets bombed every 62 minutes. And it’s changing the way the ocean sounds
Researchers studied the frequency and impacts of bomb fishing, an illegal fishing practice, in the Spermonde Archipelago
Scientists looked inside the heads of crocodiles – and made an astounding discovery
Researchers have discovered that the brains of crocodiles and their close relatives have remained almost completely unchanged for 100 million years.
Family of super-rare black-and-white monkeys spotted in remote mountains of Vietnam
There are estimated to be fewer than 600 Delacour's langurs left in the wild, making the sighting particularly special.
‘Golden trees’ over 1m tall discovered deep in Pacific Ocean
An extraordinary new coral species resembling a gilded tree has been found off the coast of Costa Rica.
Sea muppets look just like seahorses – but they are not really seahorses at all...
The body form of the fish we know as the seahorse has evolved multiple times in the same family
Scientists recreated the effects of dating apps on frogs. Here’s what happened next
Research from the Smithsonian Institution suggests that there is such a thing as too many options – if you’re a treefrog
"I started screaming." Scientists were filming dolphins in Australia, when this happened
Dolphins have been filmed catching fish with seashells for the first time ever.
Scientists set up a camera trap on this parasitic plant. Then something astonishing turned up
It’s thought that ants were visiting this mushroom-like plant – but it was actually a much larger creature
The $200 million project aiming to bring 100 of the world’s rarest species back from the brink
The Phoenix Species Project is dedicated to recovering 100 critically endangered and extinct in the wild species, including a tree-dwelling salamander, a desert succulent known as the fuzzy belly button, and the bizarre-looking bowmouth guitarfish.
