Representative Image (Image Credit: Canva) Madagascar has earned a reputation as one of the world’s greatest biodiversity hotspots, yet it continues to surprise scientists. A new study published...
Fifty years ago, American red crayfish were introduced to Spain’s Guadalquivir River basin, and they have since established a permanent presence. These aggressive invaders have wreaked havoc on ...
More than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Since the Suez Canal opened more than 150 years ago, more than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the...
According to the research, a birdsong is shaped by both evolution and the environment. (Nature TTL) Birds may sound different depending, but scientists have now found that many of their songs are buil...
Black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) is less likely to be seen when pollution level rises. Smoke from Canada’s record-breaking wildfires in recent years have done more than reduce air quali...
Buck Bennett says he is seeing more species of Mediterranean fish in the seas off Cornwall Warming sea temperatures are bringing Mediterranean marine species into British waters, forcing local fishers...
Manus aurita’s museum specimen. Photocredit: Narayan Koju. In 1836, a young British diplomat and naturalist named Brian Houghton Hodgson was stuck in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, far from Europe’s ...
Two Asian praying mantises are spreading across Europe, and scientists warn they may now threaten native wildlife Two giant Asian praying mantis species are rapidly spreading across Europe, leading sc...
When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals for hunting rather than as a threat to the environment. Within decades, however, their pop...
The largest (left) and the smallest (right) skulls of Homo naledi found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. All specimens of H. naledi have been shown to be female. All known skeletons of ...