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Despite the damage humans cause to the planet, in some cases wildlife can benefit from the presence of people. The Tasmanian devil, for example, frequently feeds on roadkill left by humans.

Possums on Maria Island expanded beyond usual habitat and had become ‘pretty significant predator’

Drones have changed the way researchers study whales and dolphins. While we were once confined to the decks of boats and observation platforms, glimpsing the backs of surfacing animals, we can now watch them from above. Gaining a bird’s eye view of whales and dolphins has already taught us so…

MIAMI — A giant blob of seaweed, spanning 5,000 miles and weighing an estimated 6.1 million tons, threatens to blanket Florida beaches and Caribbean islands with smelly piles of decaying brown goop.

If you're in need of a change of scenery, this is probably about as different as it gets

The jets disturb the water and attract fish that mussel larvae attach to and grow into adulthood.

For short-lived spring wildflowers such as wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) and Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), timing is everything. These fleeting plants, known as ephemerals, grow in temperate forests around the world, leafing out and flowering early in spring before the trees towering above them leaf out. Emerge too early, and…

Shooters put in hundreds of hours and thousands of baits were laid, but none of it was enough to stop Rambo the fox running amok in a NSW conservation area, where he feasted on native wildlife with reckless abandon. Now, however, it looks like he's gone for good.

London Zoo's Friendly Spider Programme is searching for the 30 most terrified arachnophobes in the UK to mark its 30-year anniversary

For hundreds of years, botanists have collected plants to describe species and keep in herbaria across the world. But while physical plant specimens are irreplaceable, photographs of plants are also an invaluable resource for botanical research, conservation and education.

Honeybees' clever dance routines demonstrate that they learn from others just like humans do.