Daniel Graham
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Danny writes about wildlife, conservation and the environment.
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Invisible animal among 25 stunning images shortlisted for Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2024
A snow-white stoat, a playful beluga whale and a battle-wounded honey badger are all in the running for this year's prestigious photography award – cast your vote now!
An immense creature is moving through the vast swamps of the Everglades National Park
A new study suggests that the animal could be an even more adept hunter than experts in Florida first thought...
Orcas are now hunting whale sharks – and they're doing it 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.
80 prehistoric tombs filled with bizarre animal skulls found in Wyoming
The chambers were built as refuges, but the animals that created them ended up getting trapped inside then fossilised for 230 million years, a new study finds.
Squirting cucumbers terrified the Romans – and this new high-speed video reveals exactly why
In the first century AD, Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder wrote of the squirting cucumber's ability to fire out seeds, "endangering the eyes”. Back then, many mysteries surrounded this strange member of the gourd family. Now, using cutting-edge technology, scientists say they've finally worked out how the plant's explosive mechanisms work.
This flying robot was deployed to a remote valley in Hawaii to collect one of the rarest things on Earth
The walls of the Waiahulu Valley on the island of Kaua'i are steep and inaccessible to humans, so scientists sent in a specialised drone to help with their mission.
10 gross-looking animals that live on or inside you
The human body is home to a spectacular array of organisms – some of which can be pretty horrible looking
Why this huge frozen whale in Alaska has got scientists so confused
Experts are trying to figure out exactly how the endangered fin whale died...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, a team of gophers were helicoptered in to bring it back to life
Everything within eight miles of the huge volcanic blast was wiped out almost instantly. More than 40 years later, scientists reveal how an unorthodox experiment involving burrowing rodents brought life back to the Washington State mountain.
Spellbinding image of dolphin superpod among winners in prestigious nature photography awards
The remarkable photograph, taken by French free-diver Cécile Gabillon, is one of a series of images celebrated in this year's Nature’s Best Photography International Awards.
Thermal drone catches glimpse of uber-cute koalas cuddling in a tree
The mother and her adorable joey were among 10 koalas picked up by the drone in Australia's newly established Waulinbakh Wildlife Sanctuary, New South Wales.
Powerful before-and-after photos reveal "haunting" retreat of Arctic glaciers
A new set of photos by Swedish photographer Christian Åslund show just how far the glaciers have retreated over the past century.
Harvard scientists sent two flying robots on a mission – and they've just detected something
The un-piloted aerial vehicles are equipped with sensing modules used to locate very high frequency sounds...
“It underwent what we call miniaturisation”: bizarre new toad with missing body parts discovered in Brazilian rainforest
The newly described species of flea toad, found in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo state, is the second smallest vertebrate in the world.
Curious 'panda-like' creature with tiny claws found lurking in Japanese waters
Scientists have named the new species Melita panda, a nod to its unique black-and-white colouring.
Lillooet: why this small town in Canada is suddenly teeming with scientists
Microbiologists say the area has miraculously avoided being contaminated by a deadly fungal disease that has swept across North America.
A population of white sharks is hiding in the Mediterranean Sea – and scientists are desperate to find them. Here’s why
The scientists are using long-line cameras, environmental DNA sampling and even an 87-foot sailing yacht to locate the elusive sharks.