Odd coloured lobsters hauled up in traps puzzling and dazzling fishermen across the Maritimes June 11, 2015 What colour should your lobster be? Most would say that depends on whether the lobster is cooked or not. After being boiled alive in… Continue Reading
Critically endangered red wolf family growing up on livestream May 10, 2015 The red wolf (Canis rufus) is one of the rarest mammals in North America. There are perhaps 300 of them left in the world,… Continue Reading
Ridiculously rare – and cute – red fox spotted in Yosemite January 30, 2015 For a almost a century, nobody had seen a Sierra Nevada red fox in California’s Yosemite wilderness. In fact, there are perhaps 50 of… Continue Reading
Mexico using drones to monitor vaquitas, an endangered species of porpoise January 21, 2015 The vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise and critically endangered. The picture above is what people think the vaquita looks like. The only place… Continue Reading
Panda Ai Hin fakes pregnancy to get more bamboo, buns September 2, 2014 It was a cause for celebration when staff at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Centre in China discovered panda Ai Hin was pregnant. The… Continue Reading
Rare blue lobster gets new lease on life … in a Maine aquarium August 26, 2014 Meghan LaPlante was pulling up lobster traps over the weekend when she discovered a gem, a sapphire really, hidden among her haul. The 14-year-old girl… Continue Reading
Till human voices alert elephants they gauge threat levels March 17, 2014 When elephants hear human voices, they can hear by sussing out clues about age, gender and ethnicity whether the person is a threat or… Continue Reading
Snowy owl stopped traffic and the presses February 3, 2014 A snowy owl that had wandered out of its natural environment and into downtown Washington D.C. is recovering in a rehabilitation centre after being… Continue Reading
Endangered eagle killed by branch in conservation cage January 28, 2014 The Phillippine Eagle is the country’s national bird and there are fewer than 250 of them left. Now there’s one less. One of the… Continue Reading
What’s this? It’s a new species. December 31, 2013 This marine worm, temporarily named Antonbrunnia, was found during a survey by Marine Scotland around the north Atlantic near the Hebrides. Three other species, a… Continue Reading