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Wild Javan rhino close up bathing in river

Rhino horns have got smaller over time as poachers target big prizes

1 November 2022

A database of photos taken from 1886 to 2019 reveals that horn size has gradually decreased in five species of rhinoceros, probably due to poaching
Centipede,Poisonous animal swimming in creek at deep forest,Chaloem Phra Kiat Thai Prachan National park,Thailand.; Shutterstock ID 1044292291; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Brown centipede uses a weird body motion to swim, not its many legs

27 October 2022

Some centipedes swim by undulating their whole bodies from tail to head, the opposite direction that snakes and eels use, which helps cut down the drag created by their many legs
Artistic reconstruction of the fossil squamate, Bellairsia gracilis

Fossil shows what lizards' ancestors looked like 167 million years ago

26 October 2022

A reptile named Bellairsia gracilis has been identified as an early member of the squamate group that lived around 167 million years ago

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