New hedgehog homes ‘making life so much easier’
A hedgehog rescue charity in East Yorkshire says its brand-new expansion has transformed daily life for both the animals in their care and the volunteers who look after them. Holderness…
Search begins as eagle owl Buddy goes missing
Residents across West Sussex are being urged to keep a sharp lookout for an unusually large feathered escapee — a 2-foot-tall (60 cm) eagle owl who slipped out of his…
‘Un-British’ conditions spark concern for penguins at London aquarium
A French wildlife enthusiast says he has no plans to stop keeping an eye on a runaway flamingo that journeyed from Cornwall all the way to northern France. The young…
Photographer’s focus captured by escaped flamingo
A French wildlife enthusiast says he has no plans to stop keeping an eye on a runaway flamingo that journeyed from Cornwall all the way to northern France. The young…
Collie rescued after 100ft fall down island cliffs
A beloved family dog is back home and unharmed after surviving a dramatic fall of nearly 100ft (30m) down a cliff in Shetland. The young collie, named Whisp, slipped over…
Woman Panics and Shuts Bathroom Door When Dangerous Animal Blocks Her Only Way Out
In October, a resident of Vale View — a rural area in Queensland, Australia — spotted an unexpected visitor in her yard. An eastern brown snake was weaving through the…
Felipe Esparza Helps A Long-Stay Shelter Pittie Feel Loved Again
Comedian Felipe Esparza had a whole lineup of fun activities planned for his outing with Whisper — an 8-year-old pittie — but it didn’t take long for him to figure…
Mammoth RNA sequenced for the first time, marking a giant leap toward understanding prehistoric life
For the first time ever, researchers have managed to sequence RNA from a woolly mammoth — overturning the long-held belief that this delicate molecule couldn’t survive for tens of thousands…
Giant North American ‘hell pigs’ could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals
New research suggests that the massive North American creatures known as Archaeotherium—often nicknamed “hell pigs”—didn’t all feed the same way. Their dietary habits appear to have differed depending on their…
Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
A groundbreaking new study has demonstrated, for the first time, that an insect is capable of distinguishing between different lengths of visual signals. In Morse code, brief flashes—or “dots”—represent the…