For generations, the familiar explanation for how honeybees create a queen has been simple: feed a young larva royal jelly and she develops into royalty. New research suggests the process…
A tiny marine worm has helped overturn a long-standing assumption about how natural plastics move through ecosystems. The worm, Olavius algarvensis, grows to only around two centimeters long and has…
A Scottish wildcat released as part of a major conservation programme has been filmed swimming through a river — the first time the behaviour has been recorded in the wild…
Chris Evans arrived for his latest Dodo Dream Date expecting an adorable afternoon — and quickly discovered he would be sharing it with not one rescue dog, but two. Waiting…
Snail slime might look like one simple, sticky substance, but new research shows it is far more sophisticated than it appears. Scientists studying grove snails have discovered that the animals…
Some of England’s rarest plants and animals are set to receive new protection after Bristol Zoological Society secured almost £300,000 for conservation work in the Avon Gorge. The £298,780 project…
A group of penguins at a wildlife park in Cornwall are enjoying a more local menu after a chance conversation led to a new supply of freshly caught sardines. Paradise…
A farmer who moved her family hundreds of miles to begin a new life in south-west Scotland found herself at the center of an unexpected animal health scare just months…
When Tori and Justin Cannarelli agreed to take in a duckling named Louie, they thought the arrangement would be temporary. Louie had hatched at an elementary school on Long Island,…
A small number of adventurous ospreys may be playing an outsized role in the species’ recovery across Britain. New research suggests that “pioneering pairs” — birds that choose to nest…