nature / wildlife, Tag

Costa Rica, renowned for its wildlife, has recently launched a campaign to dissuade people from taking selfies with wild animals. Despite being banned in the country more than 10 years ago, large numbers of selfies are still...

Today’s wildlife are in peril, facing a variety of threats that test their survivability.  To illustrate the crisis magnitude, a new Animal Endangerment Map has been presented that reflects the conservation status of globally...

Bad news for wildlife: 2.3 million square miles of protected areas around the world face human pressure from activities like road building, urbanization, or grazing, according to a new study. Lead author Kendall Jones, a...

Bottlenose dolphins typically reside in tropical or warm-temperate waters around the world — but researchers recently glimpsed a group of around 200 of the dolphins and around 70 false killer whales off northern Vancouver...

Deforestation is killing koalas in Queensland, Australia. Three million hectares of forest in the eastern part of the country could be bulldozed in the two decades up to 2030, according to projections cited by The Guardian...

350 species of animals reside in burrows created by gopher tortoises, but the tortoises are in trouble. Protecting them under the Endangered Species Act in Georgia could create red tape and extra costs for Georgia businesses....

A domesticated cow in Poland seems to have decided it doesn't want to be so domesticated anymore. The animal escaped from its pen on a farm last fall and was then spotted hanging out with a herd of around 50 bison near the...

When you think of causes of fire in Australia, you might think of lightning or arsonists - but you probably don't think of birds. But at least three birds of prey spread wildfires in Australia, according to a new paper incorporating...

When you think of causes of fire in Australia, you might think of lightning or arsonists - but you probably don't think of birds. But at least three birds of prey species spread wildfires in Australia, according to a new...

You wouldn't expect humans to have missed a whole species of giant octopus - but researchers recently revealed that's exactly what we did. Per Earther, the giant Pacific octopus (GPO), which is the biggest octopus we know...

A couple happened upon an astounding sight recently while strolling on the beach in Australia. At Barlings Beach in New South Wales, Brett Wallensky and partner Claudia came across thousands of bluebottles, or Portuguese...

Why did hundreds of sea turtles perish near El Salvador? The country's ministry of environment and natural resources found 300-400 dead turtles in Jiquilisco Bay, so they took samples to try and determine why the animals...

For the first time ever, a hermit crab has been documented to have found its “forever” home. Off the coast of Japan, a new species of the crab has partnered with a living coral. The coral grows as the crab ages, which...

When a bowhead whale washed ashore at Wrangel Island in Russia, the polar bears were ready. Between 150 and 230 bears gathered to eat the carcass, and tourists captured the experience on camera. As there are around 26,000...