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Tom Cannon knew he was witnessing a rare natural phenomenon when he captured footage of whale sharks feeding on bait balls on Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef.

Now you see them, now you don’t. Some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance, researchers report Thursday in the journal Science. During the day, these nocturnal frogs sleep by hanging underneath tree leaves. Their delicate, greenish…

Polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a new government survey of the land carnivore has found

Arborists are manually planting mistletoe seeds in the treetops of burnt NSW woodlands in a bid to provide crucial food, shelter and nest sites for the critically-endangered regent honeyeater.

A young polar bear that had been spotted roaming alone near Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay will spend the rest of its life in captivity.

The mechanism by which glass frogs become transparent has been found and could lead to treatments for blood clots, scientists have revealed

Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97% of land-based Antarctic species could decline by 2100 if we don’t change tack, our new research has found.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Manatees caught in a starvation crisis in the Indian River east of Orlando may not be as stricken as a year ago, wildlife officials said Wednesday.