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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%.
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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.
When a solar eclipse cast darkness over Lake Erie, this happened to the birds that live there
What happens to birds when their daytime world suddenly goes dark? A researcher in Canada wanted to find out.
Climbers descend 60m vertical shaft in Greece – and find bear scratch marks at the bottom
The discovery, made by researchers from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, demonstrates the extraordinary climbing ability of Greece's brown bears.
Conservationists carry the eggs of the world’s rarest duck for 44km on foot. Here’s why
The Madagascar pochard was once thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in the wild in 2006.
Night-hunting snake discovered in New Guinea. It’s almost a metre long and waits for prey at the bottom of trees
The groundsnake, named Slash’s groundsnake, was deemed new to science through genetic analysis
Tiger heron seen dunking and eating a bird for the first time ever
Bare-throated tiger herons are known to predate amphibians, small rodents, lizards, snakes and even crocodiles – but this is the first record of one consuming a bird.
