The pelican eel’s lower jaw is about a quarter of its total body length. (Image credit: David Shale, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Traveling through the inky darkness of the “midnight zone” in the deep ocean, the pelican eel…
Dire wolves are grey wolves with modified DNA. (Image credit: Colossal Biosciences) On April 7, biotech company Colossal Biosciences announced that it had recreated extinct dire wolves, stating outright that it was “the resurrection of a once-extinct dire wolf.” Shortly…
Two new studies suggest that the domestication of cats occurred much more recently than previously thought. (Photo credit: Sherif A. Wagih/Getty Images) The origins of domestic cats and their interactions with ancient humans are as mysterious as the creatures themselves.…
A puffin flies over the Farne Islands in the UK, holding sand eels in its beak. (Photo credit: STEVE ALLEN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Birds have inhabited our planet since the time of dinosaurs, hunting, foraging, and raising their…
Colossal Biosciences unveiled its ‘dire wolves’ in April, claiming that ‘species de-extinction is now possible’ (Image credit: Colossal Biosciences) The concept of bringing back extinct species is intriguing; I’d love to see some of the weird Cambrian creatures like Hallucigenia…
An artist’s rendering of Astraspis and Megalograptus, which had sensory exoskeletons. (Image courtesy of Brian Eng) Researchers claim our sensitive teeth originally evolved from the ‘armour’ of extinct fish that lived 465 million years ago. In a new study, scientists…
František Vejmelka with a subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap). This is the first time the species has been scientifically recorded in the wild. (Photo: František Vejmelka) One of the world’s largest rats has finally been captured on camera, nearly forty…
How much do you know about cats? Take our quiz to find out! (Image credit: Freer Law/Getty Images) Paws, what are you doing? Time for the ultimate cat challenge. Cats are true miracles. It’s a fact! Their soft “fingers” and…
‘Forest Guard’ by Bambang Wirawan, winner of the Students’ Choice Award. (Image credit: Bambang Wirawan) Stunning photographs capturing nature, including an ageing lion in captivity and an elephant wading through plastic, have been named winners and runners-up of the Prince…
Hoatzins are considered evolutionary orphans, as their place in the bird family tree remains unclear. (Image credit: Patrick Gallet/500px/Getty Images) Name: Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) Habitat: Amazon and Orinoco river basins in South America. What it eats: leaves, fruits and flowers.…
At first glance, primates like this baboon (left) may seem similar to great apes like this gorilla (right), but experts say the two groups are quite different. (Photo by Mark Guitard and Mark Newman via Getty Images) At the initial…
Lions (Panthera leo) are one of five species of big cats. (Photo credit: Manfred-Suzanne DANEGGER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) “Big cats” are modern members of the genus Panthera. There are five species of these large cats, including lions and tigers. They…