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Browsing: Wildlife
Celebrate the renaissance of nature writing in English and get your hands on 4 nature books first
River Wye in EnglandLuza Studio/Getty Images The tradition of British nature writers is long, proud and decidedly classy. Its origins lie with Gilbert White, a pioneering…
The African giant rat has been found to be adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species, including rhino horn and elephant ivory.
A tailless bat drinking nectar from a flowerNathan Muchala Some flowers may have evolved long stems to make them easier for echolocating bats to find. Like…
Common eastern bumblebee collecting nectarNature Photo Library/Alamy In the first study of its kind, scientists have found that feeding honeybees small pieces of absorbent hydrogel increases…
Female (above) and male sperm whalesFranco Banfi/BIOSPHOTO/Alamy We’ve known for decades that sperm whales are highly intelligent and social. They are the largest of the toothed…
These graceful and serene photographs pay tribute to an important yet diminishing ecosystem: mangrove forests. They are part of this year’s Mangrove Photography Awards’ winning entries,…
About 60% of birds that survive collisions with buildings die during rehabilitationJeffrey Ji/Shutterstock More than one billion birds may die from collisions with buildings in the…
Peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest bird, are thriving again in North America, for now.Mike Walker/Alamy Feather TrailSophie A. H. Osborne (Chelsea Green) Wildlife biologist Sophie Osborne…
Chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, UgandaCatherine Hobaiter When chimpanzees socialize, they exchange gestures at a rate similar to how humans converse. The researchers surveyed five wild chimpanzees.Pan…
Cruxatodon kiltlingtonensisA small mammal from the Jurassic periodMaiya Carrara During the Middle Jurassic, small mammals lived much longer than modern ones and received parental care for…