Jeff Fobb holds a Burmese python as he speaks to the media at the start of the Python Challenge in 2013 in Davie, Florida. The state of Florida is preparing to host the Super Bowl in January … and to…
Exclusive: Two pigs engineered to have monkey cells born in China pic.twitter.com/ppu9qidp3EDecember 9, 2019 Two piglets recently born in China look like average swine on the outside, but on the inside, they are (a very small) part monkey. A…
Whales with stomachs full of plastic have turned up around the world. Here’s what we know. WHY WOULD AN apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up with more than 90 kilograms…
Millions of pounds of antimicrobials end up in livestock each year, seeping into the environment and harming species like dung beetles. SWOOPE, VIRGINIA – The cows on Bobby Whitescarver’s farm can wander through his lush pastures pretty much as they…
A program in Panama breeds, sterilises, and releases 20 million screwworm flies a week to protect livestock from flesh-eating larvae. This is how it works. JUST EAST OF the Panama Canal, tucked between patches of rainforest, farmers’ fields, and the…
Gruesome new video shows mice attacking an adult albatross on the World Heritage Site of Gough Island in the South Atlantic. It’s an alarming new behavior from the invasive mice, which have long been known to attack albatross chicks and…
House mice that were introduced to Gough Island in the South Atlantic are attacking and killing both adult and baby albatross. Previously, scientists on the British island captured video showing the mice attacking and devouring Tristan albatross chicks, but this…
Female orcas go through menopause, living up to 90 years—a longstanding mystery. Now, a new study suggests there’s a reason why. The orca is one of only a handful of mammals known to go through menopause. The reason has remained…
An indigenous community in Colombia considers the white-spotted amphibian sacred. Recently, they allowed it to be reintroduced to the world. A TOAD THOUGHT extinct for 30 years has again seen the light of day, scientists have announced: Meet the starry…
Hatched in local ponds and living among garden plantings, these cousins of the dragonfly captured the photographer’s attention and imagination. First they were looking at him—and then he started looking back. Photographer Remus Tiplea noticed the damselflies perched on foliage…