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Around the world, different species are shifting their habitats upwards, with potentially catastrophic results for our ecosystems

The lack of obvious fitness-enhancing rewards means this is unlikely to have evolved because it enabled the whales to survive better in their environment.

Footage has gone viral of a massive humpback whale suddenly emerging from the sea and shocking passengers who had gone on a boating trip to see dolphins off the coast of New York

A study says that cheetahs were introduced in India without considering spatial ecology

The 19-year-old was fishing in the Northern Territory, Australia, with his 10-year-old brother and older cousin at about 8 pm when the beast pounced

Scheme that began to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee in 2012 has thrived, project audit finds

The U.S. interior secretary on Friday declared that Mexico has failed to halt the illegal wildlife trade threatening the world's smallest porpoise, the critically endangered vaquita, a move that opens the path for a possible trade embargo.

Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts.

The aim of this joint project run is to create for the first time a record of pollinator visits to a temporary garden and see how quickly new plants can attract these invaluable insects