8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1195+ words) With its googly eyes, lumpy forehead, and awkward almost-smile, the strange, taxidermied fox head at the antique market was funny enough to throw down 50 quid on. When the buyer later sold it at auction, they were stunned to see it…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (135+ words) It's estimated that more than a million vehicle collisions with deer occur in the US every year....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (247+ words) It seems animals may have had just about enough of human activity and technology....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (347+ words) The wilds of North America can be a hazardous place....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (493+ words) There's nobody who wants to hear some good news about coral reefs more than me....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (873+ words) In recent years, our perception of the ocean's pecking order has been turned on its head. Ever since Jaws, great white sharks have loomed large in the popular imagination as the undisputed rulers of the sea. Then scientists discovered that…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (827+ words) Forty percent of the world's insect species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, mainly because of habitat loss, pollution, pathogens, introduced species, and climate change. Artificial light at night is included among those stressors, because it disrupts…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (540+ words) In the misty cloud forests of the Andes, there's one particular genus that wildlife traders can't get enough of....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (640+ words) Cannibalism is something of a paradox: It's considered taboo and unacceptable, and yet the entire timeline of human history is dotted with records of the practice emerging. Why does Homo sapiens keep turning to it, but never stick with it?...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (573+ words) A glittering school of silverside fish may remind you of a disco ball, a dazzling display made up of many tiny mirrors. But emerging research suggests the skin of these fish is capable of far more than just reflecting light....