The world's vertebrate populations, which includes all mammals, bird, fish, amphibians and reptiles, have decreased by 58% in just over 40 years. That’s right, ...
American photographer Tim Laman won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 for his image Entwined lives. It frames a critically endangered Bornean orangutan abo...
Giraffes are going through an existential crisis – and in more ways than one. The meaning of what it is to be Giraffa camelopardalis is changing. A recent study...
Namibian desert elephants look, and behave, a little differently to their other African cousins. Their special adaptations allow them live in the hot and hostil...
We have countless fossils at our disposal when studying extinct animals and the environments they lived in. But even so, it can be difficult to accurately recon...
New species are still being discovered daily, but how often do researchers stumble upon something as large as a whale? That's exactly what has happened, as, wit...
Hedgehogs, a species that has been faced with many environmental changes during its life history. The woodland and grassland where its ancestors roamed has larg...
Whilst trees grow across the globe, there are few mammals that call them home. One exception is the sloth, which spends its days creeping through the tree canop...
Capuchin monkeys in Brazil have been using tools for at least 700 years, according to new research. This is the earliest evidence of tool use in New World monke...
Wind power is an essential component in the fight against climate change, reducing the need for high-emission fossil fuels. But wind turbines, often placed in a...
