Why the underground home of the world’s weirdest wildlife is in danger
A lava cave in Iceland is a tiny part of a vast, underground habitat found around the planetTOMMY AU PHOTO/Getty Images One moment Stefano Mammola is standing in a mossy forest…
A lava cave in Iceland is a tiny part of a vast, underground habitat found around the planetTOMMY AU PHOTO/Getty Images One moment Stefano Mammola is standing in a mossy forest…
Newly hatched Maugean skatesJayson Semmens/University of Tasmania One of the world’s most endangered species of marine fish has been saved from extinction, thanks to researchers who captured wild specimens and…
When a humpback whale arrived in the seas off Mexico last year, the scientific world sat up in wonder. And with good reason, because the whale – aptly named Frodo…
A collision between a boat and a basking shark has been recorded for the first time, meaning either that researchers were lucky to capture the footage or that the incidents…
Decades ago, fireflies were a common sight across South-East Asia. But now they are rapidly disappearing. For the people of Bali in Indonesia, members of this fascinating family of bioluminescent…
Bowheads feel the impacts of commercial whaling 100 years laterDoc White/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Commercial whaling of bowheads ended about a century ago, but the industry’s footprint could threaten the species’…
A diver injecting vinegar into a crown-of-thorns starfish as part of the culling programmeCSIRO A culling programme has succeeded in protecting key areas of the Great Barrier Reef from voracious…
A diver injecting vinegar into a crown-of-thorns starfish as part of the culling programmeCSIRO A culling programme has succeeded in protecting key areas of the Great Barrier Reef from voracious…