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Golden jackals are naturally spreading from the Balkans deep into Western Europe

By Kiran Journals · Sep 24, 2026

Twenty-nine reindeer were put on a remote Bering Sea island in 1944, reached over 6,000 by 1963, and were down to 42 three years later

By Kiran Journals · Sep 19, 2026

Mice discovered performing emergency airway technique on unconscious companions

By Daniel Moran · Sep 17, 2026

African forest elephants' disappearance threatens the wood that lines piano keys

By Daniel Moran · Sep 17, 2026

Moonlight shapes nightjar activity, temperature and breeding cycles

Sep 15, 2026

Scientists froze the world's oldest animal without knowing it had lived 507 years

Sep 13, 2026

Social Sciences

USPS still mails live baby birds if they're wet from hatching

By Daniel Moran · Sep 10, 2026

Dog and human eye contact triggers the bonding hormone that connects mothers and babies

Sep 9, 2026

Tuna farms attract record gathering of 150 eagle rays scavenging scraps

Sep 9, 2026

Rescuers discovered why a hedgehog ballooned up and how to deflate it

Sep 9, 2026

Four hippos brought to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied into nearly 200 animals roaming the Magdalena River basin

By Daniel Moran · Sep 7, 2026

Researchers put bright patterned sleeves on 94 hunting cats, and the birds they brought home fell by nearly two-thirds

Sep 7, 2026

At Denver Zoo, one-year-old Huon tree kangaroo Nane

Sep 6, 2026

Scientists uncovered a bizarre crocodile cousin from 215 million years ago that started life walking on all fours, then changed its entire…

By Daniel Moran · Sep 6, 2026