Biology

Mar 28th, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google Coelacanths already feel like they belong in a different era. They're the famously "rediscovered" fish that people like to call living fossils, and they sit closer to land vertebrates than to most other fish. But a new study suggests ancient coelacanths were even more unusual than we ever imagined. The research was led by scientists at the Natural History Museum of Geneva and the University of Geneva. The experts report that some coelacanths living around 240 million ... [Read More]

Mar 28th, 2026 - Specially equipped nets can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others. Our oceans are full of sophisticated, perfect traps: Nets, hooks, fishing lines. Designed to capture animals destined for our dinner tables, they often catch other wildlife too. This accidental harvest is known as bycatch, and every year it causes the death of millions of marine animals , including whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, and seabirds. Nets and gear can asphyxiate animals or cause ... [Read More]

Mar 27th, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google A hidden underground stream in Texas has revealed a surprising collection of Ice Age fossils. These remains include animals never before documented in Central Texas. The discovery was made by a paleontologist from the University of Texas at Austin ( UT ) while exploring the cave's underwater passages. Cave fossil discovery John Moretti from UT's Jackson School of Geosciences explored Bender's Cave in Comal County. The cave has an underground stream flowing through it, ... [Read More]

Mar 27th, 2026 - National Trust says one year after reintroduction they are enriching habitats and may be having kits this summer They were released this time last year with fanfare, much hope and also, perhaps, a little trepidation. Twelve months on, there have been ups and downs for the first beavers to be (officially) reintroduced into the wild in England since the semiaquatic mammals were hunted to extinction 400 years ago. Providing an end-of-year report, the National Trust, which is in charge of the ... [Read More]

Mar 26th, 2026 - By For decades, researchers looked right at the Tokara Leaf Warbler and had no idea it was a separate species. It looked identical to another bird. It lived on islands hundreds of miles apart. But nobody caught the difference — until they listened more closely and decoded its DNA. A team of researchers from Uppsala University, the University of Gothenburg and Japanese institutions has formally identified the Tokara Leaf Warbler as a new species, making it the first new bird species ... [Read More]

Mar 26th, 2026 - The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics . Viruses adapt to spread more quickly . Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve resistance to the poisons that people use to kill them. In particular, the mosquito-borne disease malaria kills over 600,000 people annually . Since World War II , people have battled malaria with insecticides – chemical weapons intended to kill ... [Read More]

Mar 26th, 2026 - The finding could provide unprecedented insights into the great white's birthing practices. Wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and University of California-Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes might have witnessed one of the marine world's most elusive occurrences: the birth of a great white shark in the wild. Their findings were formally published in the journal Environmental Biology of Fishes providing the scientific community with its first peer-reviewed look at what many believe ... [Read More]

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Mar 26th, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google Snow flies live where most life slows down or shuts off. These tiny, wingless insects crawl across snowfields in winter, searching for mates and laying eggs while temperatures drop far below what most creatures can handle. For many insects, that kind of cold means death. Snow flies seem to welcome it. Scientists have long known these insects stay active in freezing conditions, but how they manage it has been unclear. A new study takes a closer look and finds that snow ... [Read More]

Mar 25th, 2026 - In pictures: Hunting lynx snatches top prize in photo competition A young Iberian lynx caught mid hunt has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award 2026. The striking image, titled Flying Rodent, was taken by Austrian photographer Josef Stefan during a two-week stay in Torre de Juan Abad, in Spain's Ciudad Real province. He had spent several days in a hide when the young lynx suddenly appeared with its prey and began repeatedly throwing it into the air and catching it ... [Read More]

Mar 25th, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google South Korea has a famous dinosaur of its own – not from a museum, but from television. Dooly, a mischievous green baby dinosaur with two little sprigs of hair, is essentially a national cartoon icon. So when paleontologists uncovered a brand-new species of juvenile dinosaur on Korea's Aphae Island, they didn't have to think long about a name. They called it Doolysaurus . "Dooly is one of the very famous, iconic dinosaur characters in Korea. Every generation in Korea ... [Read More]

Mar 25th, 2026 - Researchers have re-analysed a set of elephant bones and a wooden spear found in Germany in 1948, which provide compelling evidence of Neanderthals' big game hunting abilities In the backrooms of the sleek, modern Schöningen Research Museum in Germany, there are piles of old, mismatched cardboard boxes everywhere. These are the finds boxes from Lehringen, a hamlet 150 kilometres from here. In 1948, the bones of a 125,000-year-old straight-tusked elephant ( Palaeoloxodon antiquus ) were ... [Read More]

Mar 24th, 2026 - A newly discovered Spinosaurus reignites fierce debate over whether these giant predators could actually swim. The Sahara Desert hides its secrets well. Under the scorching sun in a remote region of Niger, paleontologist Daniel Vidal spotted a strange bone protruding from the endless sand. At first glance, it looked like a simple dinosaur vertebra. But as the excavation continued, the team realized the bone formed a curved, scimitar-like blade. This striking piece of anatomy originally sat atop ... [Read More]

Mar 24th, 2026 - Researchers have discovered multiple rare and new species in previously unexplored caves in Cambodia, including a flying snake and a florescent-turquoise pit viper. Those creatures were found during a multi-year biodiversity study that surveyed more than 60 limestone caves in western Cambodia's Battambang province. The project took researchers to 10 different hills across the region known for its karsts, which are limestone cliffs filled with hidden caves and ecosystems, according to a report ... [Read More]

Mar 24th, 2026 - I first visited Chernobyl in 2016, 30 years after the explosion at Reactor Four. I expected silence and scarcity – a lifeless place, defined by radiation. Instead, I found beavers swimming beneath a nuclear power plant. When the reactor exploded on 26 April 1986, many assumed the surrounding land would be biologically dead for generations. The exclusion zone – the area where radiation is highest and access is still restricted – covers roughly 2,600 km² on the Ukrainian ... [Read More]

Mar 24th, 2026 - Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another set discovered in Virunga national park A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what conservationists are celebrating as an "extraordinary" event for the endangered primates. Just two months after tiny twin mountain gorillas were discovered by rangers in the Virunga massif, in eastern DRC, another rare twin birth has been found by ... [Read More]