Wildlife

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (531+ words) New groundbreaking research from the University of St Andrews has created the largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever undertaken, finding that bats most likely originated in Europe around 65 million years ago, before spreading across the world. The work…...

35+ min ago   (556+ words) Doughnut the seal wa trapped in a fishing net. (RSPCA via SWNS) A young seal found horrifically entangled in a 4kg mass of fishing debris which left her with a three-inch-deep "necklace" wound is recovering at a wildlife center. Doughnut, a…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (348+ words) An expert from the British Arachnological Society has confirmed the large yellow-and-black spider is the first recorded sighting of the species in Cheshire. But conservationists say her discovery highlights the need to make space for nature. The spider was spotted…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (70+ words) The largest study ever of bat genome research combined with bat fossils reveals that bats originated in Europe some 65 million years ago, not in Africa, Asia or North America as scientists have long thought. The research also shows that echolocation,…...

59+ min ago   (427+ words) Two common fears people have are spiders and creatures of the deep. Two new critters discovered by UBC researchers have put those phobias together. The pair of tiny species are sea spiders (officially named Callipallene pilosuspedes and Tanystylum kiixin) were…...

56+ min ago   (1275+ words) Earlier in this series I killed a brain and the memory lived through it. Then I dropped that memory into a fresh brain, and the fresh brain woke up believing a life it never lived. Creepy. Useful. One brain, one…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (164+ words) Amazing video captures the dramatic moment a group of quick-thinking fishermen saved a baby elephant from drowning in the Teesta River in West Bengal, India. The fishermen spotted the struggling calf in deep water and worked together to keep its…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (406+ words) "Bird netting may seem harmless, but animals can easily become tangled in it while trying to move through it." A common backyard product meant to protect plants nearly became a death trap for a bullsnake in Colorado. Footage shared by…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (348+ words) An expert from the British Arachnological Society has confirmed the large yellow-and-black spider is the first recorded sighting of the species in Cheshire. But conservationists say her discovery highlights the need to make space for nature. The spider was spotted…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (480+ words) A newly identified snake from Ethiopia's Harenna Forest survives entirely on bird eggs, swallowing them whole before cracking the shells with specialized bones in its throat. The find expands a group of African snakes whose members are notoriously hard to…...