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Bob Ricklefs. Photo by August Jennewein

Robert Ricklefs, ecologist who helped generations understand nature, has died at 83

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2026

Removal of African elephants causes coextinction of dung beetles, study finds

David Brown 11 Jun 2026
Sulphur-crested cockatoo on street lamp in Bondi, Sydney, Australia. Image by Sardaka via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Urban wildlife is changing from the inside out (commentary)

João Guerreiro 9 Jun 2026

Ancient Maya knowledge helps Guatemalan farmers cut agrochemical use

Mark Hillsdon 9 Jun 2026
Soundscape Baselines Site in Baraboo Hills, Wisconsin, USA, includes view of bioacoustic recorder and camera trap

Why conservation urgently needs acoustic baselines

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jun 2026
A dead dusky morwong (Dactylophora nigricans) lies on a bed of seaweed at the water’s edge.

A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc

Nick Rodway 8 Jun 2026
Male and female Kongobatha spinosistyla in North Queensland. Image by Maurice Allan.

Three new ‘planking’ praying mantis species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Megan Strauss 8 Jun 2026
A school of albacore tuna gathered by a seine net, off the Seychelles. Photo by Marc Taquet

Tuna are rebounding. The work is far from done.

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jun 2026
Microeledone galapagensis octopus. From Voight et al (2026)

New golf-ball sized blue octopus species now identified in the Galapagos

David Brown 5 Jun 2026

Sea cucumber tissue survives for years in open water, study finds

Naina Rao 5 Jun 2026
A thornback ray used in experiments to measure the impacts of electromagnetic field sensitivity rests in the Wageningen University & Research laboratory. Image courtesy of Annemiek Hermans.

Offshore wind power cables can affect sensory system of sharks and rays: studies

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Jun 2026
A blue-spotted bamboo shark photographed in Madagascar in 2025. Image courtesy of Tsarahasina Fanomenzana.

New records of ‘lost’ bamboo shark confirmed in Madagascar

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jun 2026

Tiny ‘sesame’ sea slug discovered in Taiwan is first of its genus named in 30 years

Naina Rao 4 Jun 2026
Mangrove forest in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

How small actions can become planetary forces

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2026

Conservationists wary of Nepal’s plan to relocate blackbucks

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2026
Bumblebees tracked during the experiment. Image courtesy of Kimmo Kaakinen.

Household mosquito repellents may stop bumblebees from finding their way home

Shanna Hanbury 28 May 2026

How much suffering do invasive species cause? Researchers are measuring that

Daniel Shailer 28 May 2026
The common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is one of 63 species that can be recognized by TropiCam-AI.

Most wildlife AI focuses on the ground. This model looks up in the trees

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 May 2026

New species of ghost pipefish named after Sesame Street character found in Australia

Naina Rao 28 May 2026
The composition of Queensland’s rainforests would change without cassowaries dispersing seeds, and some plants may become greatly restricted or even threatened with extinction. Image by the Gondwana Rainforest Trust.

Amid efforts to save Australia’s southern cassowaries, their numbers remain unknown

Cooper Williams 26 May 2026
A new species of carnivorous “death ball” sponge from the genus Chondrocladia, discovered off the South Sandwich Islands. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute.

Ghost shark, carnivorous sponge among 1,000+ newly discovered marine species

Shreya Dasgupta 20 May 2026
Pit viper (trimeresurus lii)

New animals discovered in Cambodian caves

Shanna Hanburry 20 May 2026
A male blackbuck in neighboring India's Rajasthan state.

Nepal’s plan to release blackbucks into tiger country raises red flags

Bibek Bhandari 18 May 2026
A captive Persian leopard in a British zoo, 2005.

Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and landmines

Kayleigh Long 15 May 2026
image of Attenboroughnculus tau, courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum.

Scientists mark Attenborough’s 100th birthday with newly named wasp

Shreya Dasgupta 14 May 2026
Carrion crows engage in cooperative breeding which requires intricate communication between entire families that are involved in raising chicks.

From caws to code: AI helps decrypt animal communication

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 May 2026

New study explores how reforestation could help Java’s leopards survive

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2026
Kea parrot Bruce at New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Images courtesy of Alexander Grabham.

No beak = weak? Not for this New Zealand parrot that’s the alpha male of his flock

Shanna Hanbury 12 May 2026

Ancient tree’s modern voyage from Sri Lanka to Texas

Malaka Rodrigo 11 May 2026
Awareness of leopard cats is generally low across their range, as they are small, difficult to spot, and are sometimes mistaken for domesticated cats or leopard cubs.

Asia’s mainland leopard cat is abundant but still cloaked in mystery

Annelise Giseburt 11 May 2026
A European wildcat in Scotland, where 46 captive-bred wildcats have been released as part of an ongoing reintroduction project. The cats are repopulating former habitat in the Cairngorms mountain range in the eastern highlands.

The European wildcat hovers between recovery and local extinction

Sean Mowbray 11 May 2026
Mama ring-tailed lemur with baby in Anja, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

A Mother’s Day lesson from a digger wasp

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 May 2026

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