The cats and dogs that helped us through the pandemic are increasingly being dumped in the street or handed over to charities – and shelters are dealing with the falloutOn a cold, steely grey day in a farmyard in Essex I meet Spike. Thick-set, broad-ch…
Swifts and house martins join UK red list of endangered birds
RSPB warns wildlife is in freefall with 70 of Britain’s 245 bird species now seriously at riskThe red list of Britain’s most endangered birds has increased to 70 species with the swift, house martin, greenfinch and Bewick’s swan added to the latest ass…
National Trust bans trail hunting on its land amid illegal foxhunt concerns
Ban on practice, which critics say can be smokescreen for foxhunting, follows similar move by Natural Resources WalesThe National Trust has banned trail hunting on its land, almost a year after temporarily suspending such activity amid concern from cri…
In a first, scientists captured growth of butterfly wings inside chrysalis on video
MIT team replaced part of a pupa’s cuticle with a glass window for experiments.
Sometimes you just need to look at some photos of animals
NPR has announced their annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Do we anthropomorphize, or are animals just as human as we are? Or are we just as animal as other animals?
The titles of the photos are just as entertaining as the photos themselves.
Let’s Build A Zoo: The Kotaku Review
The park I’ve been cultivating in Springloaded Games’ Let’s Build a Zoo currently houses two lions. One is actually someone’s lost dog that we dressed as a lion. The other is a robot made out of dead animals that saves me money by not having to eat or …
Study: Tracking spiders as they weave their webs reveals detailed “choreography”
Johns Hopkins researchers used night vision and AI tools to reveal shared set of rules.
Hyenas at Denver zoo catch Covid in world first
Pair aged 22 and 23 expected to make full recovery, as 11 lions and two tigers at the zoo also test positiveTwo hyenas at the Denver zoo have tested positive for Covid-19, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide.Samples from a variety of …
Fremantle shark attack: search for missing man off Port Beach
WA police say actions of witnesses were ‘heroic’ after incident reportedly involving tiger shark and great white sharkGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingEmergency services are searching for a man who is believed to have been attacked …
Norfolk white-tailed eagle reintroduction project cancelled
Cancellation follows reports local estate owners were worried about predator’s impact on other birdsA pioneering project to return white-tailed eagles to Norfolk for the first time in 200 years has been cancelled at the last minute to the dismay of con…