This big Big Bird weighed as much as a dinosaur, confirmed world’s largest bird

September 28, 2018

After decades of conflicting evidence and numerous publications, scientists at international conservation charity ZSL’s Institute of Zoology, have finally put the ‘world’s largest bird’…

Watch this video of a moth drinking tears from a sleeping bird’s eye

September 27, 2018

This is the stuff of nightmares. But apparently not for this black-chinned antbird — which appears oblivious as it sleeps — to the moth…

World’s oldest animal identified as mysterious blob of fat

September 26, 2018

Scientists have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth…

Ridiculously rare two-headed copperhead snake found in Virginia yard

September 24, 2018

What’s better — or worse — than finding a deadly copperhead snake in your yard? Finding a two-headed version of the venomous viper, naturally….

Sick orca is missing, likely dead, according to whale researchers

September 15, 2018

Six days after the last known sighting of J50, an emaciated killer whale who has been closely monitored by scientists in Canada and the…

Very sick orca may be subject to drastic measures to save her life

September 13, 2018

For months now, an emaciated orca known as J50 has been the subject of intense scrutiny from scientists on both sides of the border…

Anti-trafficking organization finds thriving trade of animals on Facebook

September 11, 2018

More than a thousand listings of live animals have been found in Thailand alone via Facebook according to a wildlife trafficking watchdog. In monitoring…

Gone, gone, gone: Blue parrot from the movie “Rio” officially extinct in the wild

September 10, 2018

A Spix Macaw named Blu destined to help save the species, at least in the animated film Rio, is now extinct in the wild….

Fish Friday: Tiny wet suits of neoprene help rare sea dragons stay afloat

September 7, 2018

Leafy Sea dragons are a rare, delicate species who can die of exhaustion if they develop a condition that keeps them from staying buoyant….

Healthy litter of inbred mountain lion kittens discovered in Santa Monica Mountains

September 5, 2018

They tiny. They’re healthy. And, they are awfully cute. But this litter of mountain lions also shows how difficult it is for big cats…