In March, as Cyclone Alfred roared towards the south-east Queensland coast, the bayside suburbs of Brisbane were treated to a rare cold-water visitor. A shy albatross was spotted offshore, opposite a fishmonger in Sandgate. A couple of days later, what was likely to be the same bird flopped into a front yard of nearby Banyo, […]
SC man punished for trafficking sperm whale parts, prosecutor says
A South Carolina man was punished for trafficking sperm whale parts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday in a news release. From September 2021 to September 2024, 69-year-old St. Helena resident Lauren DeLoach violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Lacey Act, according to the release. DeLoach illegally imported, sold and possessed sperm whale […]
Birth of UK’s Only Bonobo Baby Gives Fresh Hope for World’s Most Endangered Ape
Conservationists and zookeepers are celebrating our closest living relative giving birth to a healthy baby. Heart-tugging photos show the bonobo mother Yuli cradling her tiny newborn after it was born at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire last Thursday. Experts have hailed the birth as a ‘globally significant’ moment which could help save one of the world’s […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month September 2025
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Kdhadden67 wins First Prize with his outstanding image ‘Welcome Autumn. Glenn Bartley wins Second Prize with his inspirational image ‘Crossing Swords – Black-browed Albatross‘. Third Prize goes to Alan Murphy with ‘Barn Owl‘. Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving comments at […]
‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome
A trio of leopard sharks in New Caledonia has made marine science history after they were recorded mating in a “threesome”. It is the first time the globally endangered species has been documented in a mating sequence, providing valuable knowledge to aid conservation efforts. Dr Hugo Lassauce, a researcher at the University of the Sunshine […]
Sri Lanka jails keeper in first elephant trafficking case
Sri Lanka’s High Court sentenced an elephant keeper to 15 years in prison on Friday, in a landmark case involving trafficking of wildlife protected by strict environmental laws. The three-judge court in Colombo found Niraj Roshan guilty on two counts of keeping a stolen baby elephant and falsifying records to show he had obtained it […]
Rarest Monkeys Now Number Close to 2,000 Thanks to One Man’s Jane Goodall-like Passion
From the BBC comes the story of an intrepid and dedicated scientist who has spent decades working in China’s mountain forests in an effort to protect and understand one of the nation’s most amazing animals. The golden sub-nosed monkey is revered alongside the giant panda as “national treasures” of Chinese wildlife, yet this couldn’t protect […]
‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds
In a gully between the dirt road and a field of softly waving grass, a brolga stands, straightens its elegant grey neck and gazes at the two four-wheel-drives crawling to a halt a short distance away. In the centre of a lagoon on the other side of the road, a second brolga sits atop a […]