Wildlife

Bats’ roosting habits during hibernation could affect their susceptibility to a fatal fungal disease, according to a new U.S. study.

Small rodent-like animals called hyraxes produce vocalizations that provide details of an individual's traits, such as age, status, ...

Diving birds like guillemots die quickly after reaching their 30s, with few signs of deterioration, a recent study ...

The California condor, once on the verge of extinction, is still threatened by toxic levels of lead in ...

A recent study looks into how cheetahs can run at great speeds.

The distribution of plastic debris floating in Australian waters is being mapped to give sea turtle hatchlings a ...

Paraguay is the latest country to ban the use of wild animals in circus performances.

Gouldian finches, Erythrura gouldiae, have red, black, or occasionally yellow heads. They inhabit tropical savanna woodlands, and feed ...

New Yorkers flocked to the Wild Bird Fund open house last weekend to meet the birds being rescued.

The brown argus butterfly, Aricia agestis, has benefited from the UK's warming climate over the last 20 years ...

An iridescent blue tarantula, a sneezing monkey, and a teensy attack wasp are among the top 10 new ...

Being exposed to more parasite species could protect organisms from certain diseases, with more benign pathogens outcompeting virulent ...

The ink from 160-million-year-old giant squid is basically the same as the pigment used by living cephalopods to ...

Among wild baboons, alpha males recover from injuries more rapidly and are less likely to get ill than ...

Forty top contemporary animal artists will be exhibiting at this year's The Animal Art Fair (TAAF) at the ...

The introduction of non-native species can have catastrophic effects on native wildlife – not least from disease to ...

Researchers found that the Tasmanian tiger had extremely low genetic diversity.

Spanish King Juan Carlos made a public apology for hunting in Africa while his country is reeling from ...

Nearly 600,000 emperor penguins have been recorded in Antarctica, almost double previous estimates, with satellite mapping technology.

Sparrows are in the family Passeridae and occur in most parts of the world.

Researchers found that some bees have novelty-seeking personalities.

The unique physique of a giant penguin species that existed about 25 million years ago in modern-day New ...

The world’s deepest land-living animal, an arthropod called a springtail, has been found in Krubera-Voronja, the deepest known ...

Four new chameleon species have been discovered in Madagascar. Measuring mere centimeters in length, they are some of ...

Here is a collection of animals showing their affections for each other, put together in honor of Saint ...

New research suggests that the redness of the wings of a ladybird, better known as a ladybug, directly ...

Tiny primates in South-East Asia called tarsiers can produce ultrasonic calls, high above frequencies that are audible to ...