In 2017, surf champion Kelly Slater responded on Instagram to the death of Alexandre Naussac, a bodyboarder who died after a shark attack: “Honestly, I won’t be popular for saying ...
Many Victorians returning to stage-three lockdown will be looking for ways to pass the hours at home. And some will be turning to birdwatching. When Australians first went into lockdown ...
The moth looks moth-eaten. Its magpie white splashes on iridescent black forewings and its scarlet hindwings are distressed. It flutters erratically, unable to lift off from wet grass. Coaxed on ...
The path ahead runs like a threadbare strip of carpet between low-lying vegetation. Scuffed by walkers, eroded by the elements and frayed by sheep, its worn matting of coarse grass ...
It’s said cod were once so plentiful in New England they would throw themselves into a boat. It’s said you could walk across their backs to shore. Gloucester, Massachusetts, grew ...
If you consider Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep to be the ultimate catchy tune, think again: the white-throated sparrows of British Columbia have devised a new song that has gone viral ...
If you didn’t already think the mighty whale shark was impressive, just wait until you hear what scientists found on their eyeballs. In a study published in PLOS One, researchers ...
There’s been a baby boom at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. While it’s been closed to visitors, the Ohio zoo welcomed five baby animals in a month: a sea lion pup, ...
Hundreds of elephants were found dead in Botswana in a mysterious mass-die off that has experts demanding urgent testing, according to a report. At least 350 carcasses have been discovered ...
They say that life imitates art, and that certainly appears to be the case for Loureedia phoenixi, a newly-named species of spider that bears a striking resemblance to a well-known ...
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