Environment
An ancient and exquisite thing has been discovered in a lake in New Zealand
The extremely rare fossils were found attached to the underside of a leaf – in the very position they would have lived and died – near Dunedin on the South Island.
There's a cunning animal on the misty riverbanks of Ohio that hunts like a Roman gladiator
The creature in question creates a deadly trap to insnare its prey, a new study has found.
A complex sound is drifting through the forests of Hawaii – for the first time in years
Five ‘alalā, or Hawaiian crows, have been released onto the island of Maui, part of a greater effort to return the native birds to their forest homes.
Robots just collected something significant from the breath of these rare orcas
What they found could have profound implications on the future of this small population of whales off the west coast of North America.
Why evolution experts are so consumed by this deep-sea fish
The animal lives in almost perpetual darkness, up for 4km beneath the surface of the sea.
Humans didn't want to go into this mysterious jungle in Asia, so they sent a drone in instead
The drone had a winch attached to it – and on the end of the winch was a probe, used to collet DNA. Here's what the researchers were up to...
Researchers dropped a sound recorder into the Baltic Sea and left it there for two months – what they heard amazed them
They recorded 10,000 sounds, all made by the same animal...
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.
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...
100 endangered crayfish just dropped dead in England – and people don't know why
Experts have quarantined some of the survivors to try and find out what's going on...
Which country has the longest coastline?
Which country has the longest coastline? Well, it depends on what you include, says Stuart Blackman
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Are cows eco villains or eco warriors? Why cattle COULD be secret heroes for wildlife
Beef production gets a bad rap, but in some situations cows can aid conservation