カテゴリー: Animals
Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contestIt was once crowned the “world’s ugliest animal” and now the disgruntled-looking gelatinous blobfish has a new …
A wave of incidents threatens the survival of the species in the country, say conservationistsInside the Pakistan Museum of Natural History, in Islamabad, two taxidermists work on a leopard skin. They scrape away at the remaining flesh and sprinkle the…
Energy minister says monkey ‘came into contact with grid transformer’, causing hours-long outage in sweltering heatA countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered into a power station south of Colombo.The blackout, wh…
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boatsMore than 1,100 dead olive ridley sea turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southe…
Authorities are hoping to to slow population growth and curb conflict with humansThailand will begin giving birth control to a small number of wild female elephants this year, as the country struggles with the growing problem of human-elephant conflict…
Maine Coon made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia after being missed by baggage handlerA Maine Coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made thre…
Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishmentDo fish get lonely? Apparently so, according to staff at an aquarium in Japan, who have provided cut-out human companions for a solitary sun…
Famous for felines that outnumber its humans, Aoshima is also emblematic of a deeper trend afflicting the country’s rural and island communitiesThe reason for Aoshima’s nickname was clear before we had set foot on the island. As our tiny vessel slowed …
Dunedin is grappling with the question of how to manage a growing sea lion population in a busy urban areaIf a neighbourhood cat padded into your garden it would barely register a passing glance. But what if it was a whiskery, 300kg male sea lion, with…
Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan
US-Canadian founder of Sea Shepherd, who was arrested in Greenland in July, will now spend Christmas with his sonsPaul Watson, the anti-whaling campaigner, has spoken of delight that he will be reunited with his young children for Christmas after Denma…
Sparse and precise, this meditative film immerses the viewer in the world of lepidopterist Mansi Mungee and her assistant as they survey hawk mothsThis extremely slow, meditative documentary about a scientist and her assistant studying moths in the eas…
‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to undermine krill fishing restrictions in Antarctica
Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and sealsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news …
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, flash floods inundated a famous elephant sanctuary, which was forced to evacuate more than 100 elephants, as well as hundreds of other animals including buffalo, pigs, horses, dogs, cats and rabbits. Rescuers in boats tried to …