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These people listened 123 different birdsongs then ranked their attractiveness. Here's what came top (and bottom)
Songs that were complex, high-pitched and relatively quiet ranked highest, while shrill, loud songs fared the worst.
‘Lost’ animal caught in fishing net in Papua New Guinea. It hasn't been seen by scientists for more than 40 years
Missing from scientific records for four decades, the spinach pipefish has been 'rediscovered' thanks to local communities – who knew of its whereabouts all along.
“I screamed before the rest of it came into the screen.” Deep-sea scientists film rare creature deep in Pacific Ocean
The elusive animal was filmed swimming near an underwater mountain off the coast of California
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In 1941, a massive WWII ship sank off the coast of Albania. Divers just went down there – and found a rare mammal living among the wreck
This 135m-long wartime shipwreck has become an artificial reef, home to groupers, wrasse, lionfish and critically endangered Mediterranean monk seals.
2,000 pairs of underpants buried across Switzerland. Here’s what scientists discovered when they dug them up
A citizen science project in Switzerland shows how underwear and teabags decompose in different soil types, offering clues about the health of our subterranean world.
When complete darkness fell on Antarctica, researchers used satellites to spy on one of its most secretive animals
Tracking the movements of emperor penguins is vital for conservation efforts, say scientists
It’s one of the driest places on Earth. Now images from space show “rarely seen” snowfall in the Chilean desert
Scientists attribute the unusually wet winter in Chile to the strengthening El Niño.
People started building artificial beaver dams in California. Now something "mind blowing" is happening
Following the construction of the dams, one river saw juvenile coho salmon survival rates soar from 8% to 60%.
Google wants to release millions of mosquitoes across the US. Here’s why
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has applied for a permit from the US Environmental Protection Agency
‘Ghost’ green mamba rediscovered after 90 years
Snake experts try to solve a 150-year-old mystery thanks to surprise discovery.
Coyote finds vulture nest in Texas. What it does next has never been caught on camera before
A remote camera in Armstrong County has captured the first direct visual evidence of coyote predation on turkey vultures.
We thought Britain only had one venomous snake. These scientists think they've found another
Britain’s rarest reptile, the smooth snake, to be reclassified as a potentially venomous species – but it represents absolutely no threat to humans, say researchers.
Camera dropped under San Diego pier, then this scuttled over the lens
Ocean lovers can watch the world unfold below the waves from wherever they are via the Scripps Pier underwater camera.
Chilling moment polar bear gazes down at prey among 16 incredible images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards
Ahead of the winners being announced in October, preview images from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards have been released
It looks like spaghetti, doesn’t have a gut or mouth – and has been feeding on bioplastics for millions of years
Long before we invented biodegradable plastic, nature had its own version.
“As if they were showing off their tusks." Herd of walruses surrounds small tourist boat in the Arctic
With no one else around, these Arctic tourists got a close-up view of a lively group of walruses.
“That puzzled us quite a bit.” Scientists found another astonishing thing about narwhals after X-raying their tusks
The narwhal tusk is one of the more unique structures in the animal kingdom.
"100 million years ago creatures living in a coastal lagoon, fringed by trees, had just had a sexual encounter when they would be entombed forever"
The astonishing 2020 discovery, found fossilised in amber in Myanmar, was hailed as a ‘spectacular find’ by scientists.
91 hilarious, award-winning wildlife images will be displayed in London. Here’s how to see them
An immersive exhibition celebrating the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards is coming to London
A group of sea turtles were tagged in the Galápagos. When experts looked at the data, they noticed something odd
Satellite tags reveal ‘homebody’ nature of some Galápagos sea turtles.
Scientists tag 6 ‘unicorns of the sea’ and follow them 1,500m into the deep – to places humans can’t go
Narwhals recorded Arctic ocean data which will be used to help inform climate research in the region
These monkeys turn into meat-eaters when plants are scarce. There’s something very human about it, says scientists
Scientists find that capuchin monkeys hunt for meat when plants are scarce
Scientists hid cameras in an abandoned house in Argentina – and found carnivores sharing a room inside it
Images captured in the house show black vultures sharing a nest site with American barn owls. In another abandoned structure, the researchers recorded black vultures nesting beside Chaco eagles.
Large animal with cat-like eyes filmed at bottom of Caribbean Sea
The false catshark, which can grow up to 3m long, was one of many remarkable species observed during a recent expedition to explore the waters around the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
