4 March 2023
A lion at Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana, tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after it started coughing and became breathless. Zoo workers who had cared for the lion later caught the infection
30 January 2023
A 12-year study of an unusual fishing partnership in southern Brazil has calculated the benefits to both humans and bottlenose dolphins
23 January 2023
Since arriving on Pleasant Island, Alaska, in 2013, a pack of wolves has almost wiped out the island’s deer and now subsists mostly on sea otters
28 June 2022
For the second time in his life, researcher Rommel Rojas Zamora has identified a new species of toad on the campus of the university where he is working
13 July 2020
Lizard-like creatures that come from an ancient lineage of animals that originated in the Triassic era.
14 April 2020
Pale spear-nosed bats can learn to alter their calls to mimic different sounds – a rare skill that could help us understand the biology of human speech and language
19 March 2020
The highest dwelling mammal – a mouse – has been discovered at 6700 metres above sea level, where conditions are so harsh they have been compared to Mars
1 November 2017
Lionel Rothschild sent intrepid collectors far and wide on deadly missions to bring back wildlife specimens, and amassed a world-beating collection – but then he blew the lot
13 September 2017
Sometimes the tales travellers tell of strange creatures they have seen in a remote part of the world are true
16 August 2017
After 11,000 years, we still can't decide whether to eat pigs or cuddle up with them. Can the book Pig/Pork help us?
