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Fat Bear Week 2026 kicks off: here's how to vote – and why everyone is so obsessed with it
For one week each September, Alaskan bears battle it out to be crowned the girthiest grizzly – but why?
First-ever T. rex trackway found by high school teacher in North Dakota
These massive footprints were made by a T. rex 66.5 million years ago.
“Each one can shift more than 10x its own body weight in sand.” These tiny animals could be shaping the landscape more any other animal on Earth
Tiny sand hoppers may be one of the most powerful landscape-shaping animals on Earth
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Burmese pythons are climbing trees in the swamps of Florida. These people tracked them to find out why
The pythons use trees to bask and rest, gather in groups, and even to brood eggs, say researchers.
Scientists studied the world’s only singing lemur – and discovered something surprisingly human about its song
In the dense rainforests of Madagascar lives one of the animal kingdom’s best opera singers.
Scientists discover new frog in the Amazon’s flooded forests
A new frog species has been discovered in the seasonally flooded forests of the western Amazon.
In the 1950s, whaling ended around these remote Scottish islands. Decades later, up to 30 minke whales were spotted in one great gathering
Wildlife watchers visited the Scottish Hebrides to see what marine life can be found in waters where whales used to be hunted. They witnessed one of the largest minke whale aggregations ever recorded in the region.
This newly discovered snake species in Ethiopia feasts exclusively on birds'eggs
It took seven years for Dasypeltis albigularis to be formally described
“Fish-prawn” hybrid filmed walking backwards in the deep sea
The deep sea fish, commonly known as armored searobin, were filmed demonstrating the unusual behaviour in the South China Sea
Scientists once thought it could only live for 70 years – turns out it's double that. Here's how they made the amazing discovery
Spoiler alert: it wasn't by measuring their earwax
“They burrow their way into open wounds and bodily openings, such as the ears, laying hundreds of eggs." Human flesh-eating parasite returns to the US
After a successful eradication in the 1950s, this screwworm has made its way back to the US.
Remains of 25m-long Diplodocus discovered in Spain. It’s the first evidence of the iconic dino outside the US
This discovery challenges our understanding of dinosaur distribution in the Late Jurassic period.
This river contains around 500 deadly saltwater crocodiles. It’s just been approved for the rowing and canoeing events at the Brisbane Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has endorsed the Fitzroy River course for the 2032 Olympics.
It chases fish until they vomit – then devours their sick
Bubbles the dolphin is a familiar face at Lady Elliot Island in Australia, but a new scientific paper is making him famous for something very unusual: eating fish vomit.
Strange purring sound heard on Hawaiian reef – and we're not sure what's causing it
Marine researchers are using unsupervised AI algorithms to identify marine animals based on the noises they make. But not all the sounds they pick up can be identified.
Scientists locate gigantic caves hidden deep beneath the Australian Outback
Mysterious trenches stretching across the surface of Australia’s Nullarbor Plain are allowing researchers to find ancient cave systems far below the ground.
Researchers placed 40 kangaroo carcasses in front of camera traps. This is what happened next
A team of scientists set out to study the behaviour of scavengers in New South Wales, Australia
New species of wild cat discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest
Leopardus tilcayo is the first wild cat species described by scientists in more than a century
3 wild dog brothers just travelled 4,126km across Africa – the longest single journey of any African mammal ever recorded
The dogs repeatedly climbed and descended the Great Rift Valley escarpment, crossed rivers and major roads, and skirted cities to complete their incredible journey.
This bird was just seen in Brazil for the first time ever
A new study documents the first record of a black-legged kittiwake in Brazil.
Experts looked inside the jaws of T. rex – and discovered something human-like about the ‘king of the dinosaurs’
T. rex is one of the most closely studied dinosaur species – but as it turns out, there’s still a lot to learn.
Scientists just photographed a place that's never been seen by humans before. What the images reveal is shocking
During a survey of the Mar del Plata Canyon off the coast of Argentina, deep-sea researchers found dozens of pieces of human rubbish, including food wrappers, a plastic cup and a rubber boot.
London’s Natural History Museum has just reopened 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
“Imagine a huge pig with a turtle’s beak and tusks.” New prehistoric species discovered hiding in London’s Natural History Museum
The remains of a prehistoric animal species in London’s Natural History Museum have officially been classified – and it could change the dinosaur timeline
