Animals

Image of polar bear with plastic hanging from its mouth shortlisted for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 award.

Crocodile attacks in Australia have risen since conservation measures helped their numbers skyrocket. Now, scientists are harnessing their environmental DNA to find these predators before they strike.

Drone captures footage of a humpback whale missing its tail fluke — an injury suspected to be from long-term entanglement in fishing gear.

An amateur fossil hunter in Mississippi found the first known fossil in the region from a mammoth — a well-preserved tusk that weighed about 600 pounds (270 kilograms).

A beautiful and rare "cotton candy" lobster caught in New Hampshire may be due to a combination of genetics and diet.

Rat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves.

This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber's sphincter for safety.

Humans are not the only organisms that have periods — some animals do too, but scientists still aren't sure why.

Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey.

Ancient origins of cobras traced back to Asia, before jumping continents to spread across the world up to 37.5 million years ago.