The Grand Title award for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 has gone to Shane Gross for his captivating image of ribbons of tadpoles swimming through a pond. In The Swarm of Life, a drove of ...

Canadian Marine Conservation Photojournalist, Shane Gross, was awarded Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 for his image ‘The Swarm of Life’, a breathtaking photograph that shines a light on the ...

Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas (Germany) carefully rolls over a log in his local forest to see fruiting bodies of slime mould and a tiny springtail.

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The scientists predict that in a high emissions future this will make whale sharks up to 15,000 times more likely to be ...

Every species extinction is bad, but the impacts are worse when we consider the ecosystem functions that are also lost.

One of the most striking features of many sand dollars is the presence of slit-like perforations that pass completely through the test. These perforations are termed lunules. Lunules can develop in ...

A beautiful new species of clearwing moth that is native to Guyana has been described after it was discovered 7,000 ...

Whales are accomplished divers. The deepest whale dive recorded so far was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. A 2014 study used satellite-linked tags to follow the dives of eight beaked whales off the ...

Tree named after Leonardo DiCaprio is one of 2022's first new species ...

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Killer whales (also called orcas) are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of their food chain. They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target ...