Baby Sloths Go On The Ride Of Their Lives
Adorable moment when a wheelbarrow full of abandoned baby sloths go on the fast and furry-ous ride of their lives. The youngsters are famous for their slow-moving lives in rainforest…
Image shows an anaconda devouring a capybara, undated photo. It was caught by a hunter in Brazil in 1924. (Sven Traenkner/Newsflash)
Gruesome Moment Huge Snake Bit Off More Than It Could Chew Immortalised For A Century
This is the historic moment a huge anaconda bit off more than it could chew in Brazil 100 years ago. Because just as the 17ft long snake was swallowing a…
Image shows the newly discovered species Drosera atrata (black sundew) which has the darkest flower color of any sundew species, undated photo. This rare species occurs in very few individuals where it grows and is therefore endangered. (Andreas Fleischmann, SNSB-BSM/Newsflash)
Scientists Discover New Carnivorous Plants On Social Media
Scientists have discovered new carnivorous plant species in Australia after analysing social media photos taken by amateur photographers. The Australian-German research team - led by botanist Andreas Fleischmann from the…
Photo shows a new species of lizard discovered in Otishi National Park in Peru, undated. This new species belongs to the genus Proctoporus (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae) whose greatest diversity is found in the Andean foothills and whose specimens are characterized by having a tail longer than the body. (SERNANP/Newsflash)
New Lizard Species With Tail Longer Than Its Body
A new species of lizard with a tail longer than its entire body has been discovered in Peru. The species- named 'Proctoporus titans' - was found in the Andes mountains…
Picture shows a footprint at the site of Matalascaas in Spain, undated. The hominid fossil footprints date back 300,000 years. (Eduardo Mayoral/Newsflash)
Tracks Of Ancient Human Found In Spain Are 300k Years Old
Ancient human footprints found in southern Spain two years ago have been declared nearly 300,000 years old, making them unique in Europe. The footprints are now believed to be 200,000…
Picture shows the turtle Jorge at the Aquarium Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Center (CRFMA), located in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
After 38 years of captivity he was transfer to facility from Mendoza, where he will begin an adaptation process needed for future release. (Ciudad de Mendoza/Newsflash)
Jorge The VIP Turtle Goes To Rehab After 38 Years In Captivity
A VIP turtle that has spent nearly 40 years in captivity has been moved to a new home as part of a plan to return him to the wild. Loggerhead…
Image shows the Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops), undated photo. The British Harrison Institute in Sevenoaks, England will donated 19,000 birds to the Natural History Museum Vienna in Austria on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (Robbie Bright/Newsflash)
UK Institution Donates Nearly 20,000-Bird Collection To Austrian Museum
A British research and charity institution has donated its enormous bird specimen collection to one of the leading natural history museums of Central Europe. The Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM)…
Picture shows Las Brenas, Argentina, undated. Gaston Claudio Chavez, 24, died and his family kept the body for 3 days in a bedroom as they believed that they could resuscitate him by praying, in the city. (Google Maps/Newsflash)
Family Tried To Bring Rotting Corpse Back To Life With Prayer
A religious family has been quizzed by police after they kept praying over a son's decomposing body for three days in an attempt to revive him. Gaston Claudio Chaves, 24,…
Elephants Pocha, 55, and Guillermina, 22, mother and daughter, were transferred from a small enclosure in Mendoza, Argentina to beautiful natural habitat in in Matto Grosso, Brazil. (Senasa/Newsflash)
Elephants Mourn Matriarch In Mysterious Ceremony
Heartbroken wildlife keepers have told how a beloved elephant was comforted by her family and friends in a touching mourning ritual during her last moments at a sanctuary in Brazil.…
Image shows rare steppe-bee Camptopoeum frontale in an undated photo. The Natural History Museum of Vienna in Austria reported on a rare wild bee species site Breitenlee on Monday, Sep. 5, 2022. (Sylvia Wanzenbock/Newsflash)
Derelict Rail Station Has Become Home To Hundreds of Wild Bee Species
A derelict World War I era railway station in Vienna is to be studied by biologists to unlock the secrets of wild bee communities, it has emerged. More than 450…