カテゴリー: Wildlife
Researchers say tens of millions of sponges may have been affected by protracted marine heatwaveNew Zealand is experiencing the largest bleaching of sea sponges ever recorded, scientists say, after extreme ocean temperatures turned millions of the aqua…
Giant stingray snagged by local fisher in Mekong River weighs nearly 300kgThe world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists.The stingray, captured on 13 June, measur…
Conservation officials believe mass die-offs are becoming more frequent as climate crisis disrupts food chainsThe penguins lie in orderly, evenly spaced rows, wings splayed, their trademark glossy blue plumage dulled by sand. There are 183 in all, care…
Abandoned marsupials and other trafficked species reveal the country’s growing illegal trade, driven by a desire for exclusive and costly status symbolsFrom the red-eared slider turtle, cockatoo and falcon to the yellow-cheeked gibbon, capuchin monkey …
Meditative documentary All That Breathes is about two brothers’ devotion to protecting black kites against a backdrop of pollution and violence in DelhiThe award-winning documentary All That Breathes is a meditation on life in Delhi through the eyes an…
Extreme ocean temperatures blamed for turning sea sponges white in more than a dozen sites on southern coastlineSea sponges off New Zealand’s southern coastline have been found bleached bone-white for the first time, following extreme ocean temperature…
Excited visitors take part in nightly tours after conservationists reintroduce speciesThe nature guides are waiting outside a Taiwanese fried sausage shop on the outskirts of Taipei, easily identified by their quick-dry clothing, microphones, and lamin…
Revenue brought in by westerners hunting markhor, ibex and wild sheep is being used to conserve the elusive big cat and provide income for villages in the mountainous regionThere are few mammals that capture our imagination more than the rare and elusi…
Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand’s most unusual and beloved insect – the wētā – have been discovered, but it is a bittersweet victory, with another …
Yoga guru will visit dozens of countries en route from London to India to raise awareness of plight of one of nature’s greatest resourcesOne of India’s best-known spiritual leaders is embarking on a 100-day motorbike journey from London to India to ra…
A group of sea life enthusiasts is documenting a wealth of species thriving in the shadow of India’s most populous city, from glowing coral to octopusesA hidden forest of algae sponges and hydroids photographed at low tide; a stunning night image of gr…
Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning shipContainer ship accidents at sea should be considered the “oil spills of our time”, warned environmental organisations that f…
Dozens of people help drag 5.2-metre animal to shore and cut tyre from around its neck after it was snared by local bird-sellerA wild crocodile in Indonesia who was trapped in a tyre for more than five years has been rescued, freed from its rubber ring…
Unique colony of blue whales increasingly at risk from tankers and container ships, say marine campaignersScientists and conservation groups are calling for one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes to be rerouted in an effort to protect the world’s la…
The kea filmed some majestic views over the Kepler Track, as well as a closeup of its own slightly frenzied attack on the cameraA kleptomaniac parrot has become the latest contributor to New Zealand cinema, after stealing a GoPro camera and taking it o…