“That’s obscene,” I thought when I saw the photo of Helena Bonham Carter, nude, clasping a tuna between her legs and gazing lovingly into its face. She declared the fish was her “Valentine”. My Western…
The UK has few endemic and endangered species. Wildlife protection is easier and more important elsewhere.
The first sabre-toothed cat-like predator was not much larger than a bobcat, but it had long teeth and a strong jaw to cut through thick skin.
Few people are familiar with the pangolin. It is a shy creature, about as big as a medium-sized dog, and its diet consists of ants and termites. Most distinctively, it has armoured plates and will curl…
Money pouring into conservation has funded drones and military-style training for rangers.
The Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and we should all be worried
Exotic animal escapes are relatively rare today, but in the 19th century it wasn’t unusual to find a tiger loose in the street.
The recent discovery of 50-million-year-old sperm is just the latest in a long line of amazingly bizarre paleontological finds.
This diminutive deer isn’t the only fantastical life form discovered in Vietnam. But hunting and habitat destruction threaten many with extinction.
Five strategies must be applied to save the Javan rhino from the brink of extinction.
