14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (294+ words) A woman in England had just “asked for a sign” when a kingfisher streaked in, and even landed on her hand—staying there for ten minutes. “I had just asked for a sign, then just moments later this happened,” Laura…...

21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (555+ words) Elephants can think before they act, as well as resist impulsive behavior, reveals new research that adds to growing evidence of elephants possessing sophisticated cognitive skills. Experiments at the National Elephant Institute in Thailand show Asian pachyderms are able to…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (304+ words) 5 baby penguins from a species considered Critically-Endangered have hatched at an aquarium down in South Carolina. The 5 join 2 that hatched in May, and together make up a record nesting season for the organization’s resident African penguins. Hatching at Ripley’s Aquarium…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (438+ words) It’s a tale two years in the making, including a helicopter ride from Wales to London and a transatlantic flight to Houston for a long-awaited homecoming for a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle—one of the most endangered species in the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (677+ words) He’s no poison-arrow frog, but that doesn’t mean the American bullfrog doesn’t understand poison—far from it, according to scientists. Hidden within the humble bullfrog’s genetics is the equipment to produce an antidote to a deadly shellfish toxin that afflicts…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (296+ words) American amphibian lovers will be jumping for joy at the news of 3,000 frogs and tadpoles from an endangered species bred and released into their former mountain homes. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been breeding and reintroducing the endangered mountain…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (463+ words) Out in the wild waters of Indonesia, zebra sharks are extremely rare. Overhunted, these striped bottom dwellers were at risk of going extinct. After 3 years of foundational work, an international consortium of 60 aquariums in 15 countries that banded together to create…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (688+ words) Hidden secrets of the narwhal’s twisted tusk have been revealed using the latest X-ray technology. Tusks of the species of whale native to the Arctic have long been the subject of myths—even being sold as ‘unicorn horns’ and believed…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (512+ words) It was June 23rd when a furry brown arrow shot past a motion-activated camera along the Bronx River and sent conservationists mad with excitement. It was the first time in approximately 100 years that an otter was observed in this borough of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (354+ words) The last time a white stork nested in Derbyshire in the English Midlands region, the country’s King Henry VI was declaring war against the Duchy of Brittany and the Kingdom of France, while an independent Venice won a war against…...