Squirrels don’t come much bigger than the Malabar giant variety. Weighing four times as much as a grey squirrel and much bigger than the red squirrel, this robust rodent is about the size of a domestic cat. But it’s not the Malabar giant’s size that turns heads and drops jaws, but rather its colour scheme. Meet the rainbow […]
Petition: A Homeowners Association Wants to Gas Hundreds of Geese to Death in Alabama
Hundreds of Canada geese living at a community lake in Alabama could soon be rounded up, loaded into trailers, and killed in gas chambers. The shocking plan was approved by a homeowners association (HOA), which claims the birds have become a nuisance. But there is one major problem: the same community already killed geese in […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month June 2026
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Alan Murphy wins First Prize with his outstanding image ‘Male Northern Flicker‘. Glenn Perrigo wins Second Prize with “Legs”. Third Prize goes to Marcel de Bruin with ‘Kingfisher Coming Above the Water with a Catched Fish’. Please give kudos to the photographers by […]
“One of the ocean’s fastest and most powerful predators.” Photographer witnesses elegant hunter prowling for prey
As a school of fish swirls above, a marlin prowls through the blue water, its distinctive stripes glinting in the sun. This is the stunning moment caught on film by wildlife filmmaker Alex Westover. Westover shared the spectacular video on Instagram with the caption “marlin magic”. He describes the event as “a rare encounter with one of the ocean’s fastest […]
‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
When wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded 18 seconds of footage to YouTube, he thought little more about the small, pale cat seen digging a hollow in the sand in the remote dunes of south-west Libya. The video, however, posted in 2017, turned out to be the first material evidence that the sand cat (Felis margarita), the world’s only […]
The biggest claw on Earth is an enormous 20cm long and shaped like a scythe. What it’s used for may surprise you
It is generally known that animals such as bears, tigers and sloths have exceptionally long claws. But the creature that holds the world record might surprise you. While two-toed and three-toed sloths have claws that grow between 7–10cm long, they aren’t the longest claws you’ll find in the animal kingdom. Grizzly bears and Siberian tigers generally have claws that are […]
On the brink of extinction, the Javan green magpie gets a conservation lifeline
Teetering on the brink of extinction, Indonesia’s Javan green magpie may have a conservation lifeline after national and international conservation NGOs launched an action plan to preserve it in the wild. Javan green magpies (Cissa thalassina) are endemic to the upland forests of West Java province, but have been assessed as critically endangered, with as few as […]