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Scientists trained wild Australian native predatory rats to recognise an unfamiliar species of cockroach prey

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)'s recent publication, "75 Endemic Birds of India", reveals 5% of India's 1,353 bird species are endemic. Three species are critically endangered, 25 are threatened, and 17 are vulnerable. The publication provides details on each species, including etymology, habitats, breeding habits, and food preferences.

Oarfish swim vertically, moving up and down and side to side like a cursor. It would be easier to believe they do not exist

Half of the biodiversity in forests is unseen because it lives belowground. These organisms are miniscule in size, but their importance to the ecosystem is enormous.

Invasive Species Council releases material showing contrast between original $133m plan to fully eradicate the ants and $89m ‘revised work plan’

Invasive aquatic species are a ticking time bomb: scientists

M.P. tops 2022 tiger census with 50% surge, thanks to balancing predator and prey population. Active prey management, such as relocating tigers and prey, key to success. Similar strategy could help form viable cheetah population, despite 6 deaths in translocation project. Corbett National Park most populous reserve, but M.P. has…

By keeping rodents under control, owls help maintain the natural balance of Ghana's forests. But superstitious beliefs have led to attacks on the birds. Kwabena Poku Bosompim, regional director of the Forestry Commission in the Ahafo region of Ghana, is on a mission to save the country's owls.

Animals that engage in same-sex sexual behaviour have been considered a ‘Darwinian paradox’: if reproduction is critical to evolution, then non-reproductive behaviour should have ceased to exist. Yet a new study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, has found that rhesus macaque males often engage in same-sex sexual behaviour without…