4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (355+ words) I start looking for more birdy encounters on cruises. In the Scottish Isles, I join a hike on the tiny island of Staffa, where puffins are known to gather. Beyond my expectations, we find hundreds of them nesting on a…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (475+ words) Ninety years after the death of the last-known Tasmanian tiger, Australia maintains a shameful record of habitat destruction and species extinction, conservationists say. National Threatened Species Day on Monday marked the grim milestone, sparking a warning from the Australian Conservation…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (467+ words) Of all materials in the natural world, spider silk is one of the most remarkable. Exceptionally strong, sticky and flexible, spiders use it for more than just catching a meal. Trapdoor spiders use it to line their burrows, while for…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (382+ words) While the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) has long been native to UK waters, they were rarely seen. That has changed since 2025 as the numbers off the south-west coast of England have surged. Reports from underwater monitoring and recreational divers show…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (164+ words) An escaped wallaby that kept police busy in Germany has been recaptured in the municipality of Brueggen, west of Moenchengladbach, but died while being transported to a wildlife park, officials say. According to police reports, the animal - a wallaby, judging…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (404+ words) Rod Keogh has been storing whale poo in his freezer for years. "It's hard to find people as interested in it as me," he says. "People expect something six feet long but it's not like that." In fact, the whales…...