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Orcas are now hunting whale sharks – in an astonishing way
A series of new photographs and videos captured in the Gulf of California show exactly how the killer whales are hunting the world's largest fish.
A long-lost sound has returned to the great mountains of Yosemite National Park
And it could have positive implications for wildlife around the world, say scientists.
The largest spawning event on Earth is about to happen - here's what it will look like
The astonishing wildlife spectacle takes place every year on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia – and it's utterly magical.
Geoscientists just collected something from inside a volcano in Lanzarote – and they say it has significant implications
They found microorganisms that could help in the search for life on Mars.
"Large furry creature unlike anything else in the sea” filmed crawling along English beach
The strange-looking sea mouse washed ashore during a storm, say conservationists.
Two dogs were just sent to a remote archipelago on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean – with one vital job
They were there to help prevent an ecological disaster.
Ocean explorers just discovered these eerie underwater spiders doing something very disturbing
Related to both spiders and crabs, sea spiders suck up the insides of their prey “like sipping through a straw” – they also breathe through their legs, say scientists.
Watch ingenious 'crab-safe' car drive through millions-strong red crab migration on Christmas Island
The amazing video shows off wildlife photographer Chris Bray’s clever device for saving crabs from being crushed on the Australian island.
This underwater robot just ran into something bizarre at the junction of three vast tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean
What it found was literally dazzling...
Mummified sabre-toothed cat cub found in Siberian permafrost stuns scientists
The specimen, discovered in 2020 on the banks of the Badyarikha River in eastern Siberia, is believed to be about 31,800 years old.
Scientists tracked these mountain lions in Los Angeles for seven years – now they've discovered something crucial
Researchers say that what they found could help humans and mountain lions coexist safely in the immense sprawl of Southern California's largest city.
'Six-foot-long big cat' caught on camera by English roadworker – but is it really a panther? Here's what the experts say
The large black cat was filmed as it stalked the edge of a field in Cambridgeshire...
Why this US horror fiction writer just spent three nights with an elephant-sized piece of flesh that smells like death
Professor G. Eric Schaller, a horror fiction writer and molecular biologist, was one of a team of scientists on a mission to find out more about the putrid scent of titan arum – the corpse flower.
“I was awestruck from the moment I first saw it to the moment I finished assembling the skull and brain”
Evolutionary biologists say a "one-of-a-kind" fossil discovered in Brazil could transform our understanding of how the unique intelligence of modern birds evolved.
When arachnologists visited an old atomic bomb research site in England, they couldn't believe what they found
The British Arachnological Society recorded a remarkable 55 species of spiders among the abandoned buildings. But that wasn't all they discovered...
Researchers hid a load of camera traps in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains. What they found was remarkable
It's the first time the tropical mountains in south-west Cambodia have been studied in this way – here's what the team discovered...
“I’ve been chased by elephants and buffalos, and one time I woke up surrounded by 14 lions”
African rangers such as Benson Kanyembo face dangers every day as they carry out their vital work. Now a new initiative has been set up to help support them, says James Fair
Deep-sea scientists just filmed something enormous swimming over the seafloor in Chile
The rare footage shows the animal carry something – something it won't let go of for months...
The world’s largest wildlife crossing is now standing in California – and it's absolutely huge
The structure crosses a 10-lane freeway and has been built to help protect all sorts of wildlife, including mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, mule deer, black bears, Pacific gopher snakes and crocodile lizards.
Pilots just flew poison-carrying drones over a remote island in French Polynesia – for one very good reason
Their mission? To see the Polynesian storm petrel return to its island home for the first time in more than a century.
This manatee was just tagged in Brazil – what happened next stunned everyone
Tico the manatee was released back into the wild after eight years of rehabilitation. But it didn’t go to plan...
Something critical has just been found at the bottom of a lake in Yellowstone National Park
The discovery sheds new (and important) light on the history of megafauna in the wilderness area, say scientists.
Fossil of giant, 3 metre tall, flesh-eating 'terror bird' found in Columbia - and scientists think something even bigger killed it
The fossil was discovered among the otherworldly sand formations of the Tatacoa Desert.
A new rocket-launch facility has just been approved in Australia. Here's what that means for local wildlife
The Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia has just received its final planning approvals – conservationists say the decision puts local wildlife in the firing line.