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“As temperatures drop below freezing, it freezes solid, with 70% of the water in its body turning to ice. It stops breathing, its heart stops beating and its kidneys stop functioning”

September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 Supertrooper 1 Comment

The only amphibian to live north of the Arctic Circle, the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) has an amazing ability to undergo freezing and thawing to survive cold winters. As you might guess from its common name, it lives mainly in woodland, only taking to shallow pools in springtime to breed, the males uttering a distinctive quacking call to attract mates. What […]

Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might

September 26, 2026September 26, 2026 Supertrooper 1 Comment

One day last July, a newborn humpback whale calf lay motionless on the seafloor, just a kilometre off Australia’s Gold Coast. The encounter was captured through underwater video. For more than an hour, the mother repeatedly returned to the same spot, gently touching the calf with her head and pectoral fin and resting beside it […]

“In a gloriously tragic act of self-sacrifice, she stops eating and dies of starvation before her young hatch”.

September 26, 2026September 18, 2026 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Mother octopuses never meet their babies, as they stop eating and die of starvation before the young hatch. However, that’s probably a good thing. While parents sacrifice much for their offspring, few routinely give up their lives. But such is the destiny of a female octopus: tending her eggs is the last thing she’ll do. […]

‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves

September 25, 2026September 18, 2026 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Jeff Reed wasn’t raised to hate wolves. But as a child he bought into the Little Red Riding Hood myth regarding their villainous nature. You see one, you shoot it. But not on a night on his Montana farm some five years ago, a night that proved life-changing not only for Reed, but perhaps for […]

“He was dragged down to the riverbed and was rapidly running out of air…” 8 animals that deliberately drag their prey underwater to drown them

September 24, 2026September 18, 2026 Supertrooper 1 Comment

How predators kill their prey is a fascinating subject. Big cats typically either asphyxiate by pressing down on an animal’s trachea with paws and mouth, though lions will also stop its prey from breathing by covering its mouth and nose with their jaws. Jaguars deliver the coup de grace with a bite to the skull. […]

“They’re powerful enough to break human skin – and contain venom.” 7 longest (and deadliest) fangs on the planet

September 22, 2026September 22, 2026 Supertrooper 2 Comments

In the animal kingdom, teeth come in all shapes and sizes. Some are anchored in the jaw for chewing or seizing prey, while others – known as fangs – are elongated teeth (often hollow or grooved), specially adapted for piercing flesh and injecting venom. A walrus‘s tusks, for example, are enormous canine teeth that can […]

Meet the deadliest rat on the planet – it contains enough poison to kill an elephant

September 20, 2026September 18, 2026 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Did you know there’s a rat poisonous enough to kill an elephant? Lophiomys imhausi, also known as the crested rat, the maned rat, and the African crested rat, is a deadly rarity says Aoife Glass. The crested rat is the only known poisonous rodent, and the only known mammal to sequester plant toxins for use as […]

“In the shadow of the Himalayas swims a fish that seems to have developed a taste for human flesh…” 10 most aggressive freshwater fish

September 18, 2026September 17, 2026 Supertrooper 3 Comments

We tend not to worry when dipping our toes into fresh water. There could be a slippery rock or two to negotiate, but any fish we encounter will be placid and calm, more scared of us than we are of them. There are toothy terrors in the vastness of the sea, but we have nothing […]