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Can you spot the Yellowstone National Park pika in the photo?

Opinion is divided online as to whether the animal really is a ‘big cat’

The brackish water habitats of Vembanad and Ashtamudi lakes are under severe pressure due to multiple factors, including hydrological regime change, pollution, invasive species and illegal fishing practices

Why would we want to put cockroaches back on a beautiful island after their seemingly fortuitous extermination?

'We honestly had no idea what it could be if not a big cat. It was in a field of sheep with no different animals around, and it appeared to have a long black tail, so it definitely wasn't a sheep'

Campaigners say marine protected area set up to save UK’s only fan mussels exists merely as a ‘paper park’

‘This behaviour has never been witnessed in detail before,’ scientists say

Josh Williams, 17, and his friend Ben Burns had spent the night wild camping when they noticed the large animal near Jacob's Ladder on Monday.

Orcas have been observed preying on other shark species but direct observation of predation on white sharks locally has been lacking — until now.

In 1887, Australian Museum scientists undertook a pioneering expedition to Lord Howe Island, a tiny patch of land off the east coast of Australia. Among their many discoveries, they recorded “a large Blatta” – a type of cockroach – under a decaying log.

Research shows a riverine frog species home to NSW and Queensland rainforests has overcome a killer fungus that is harming frogs around the world.