This is the heart-lifting moment when a firefighter gives much-needed water to a parched deer after it was saved from a wildfire. Nearly 36,000 hectares of land have been destroyed…
Flamingoes have returned to a Galapagos island 20 years after an invasion of rats forced them out. The return is the fruit of 12 years of painstaking efforts to eradicate…
Giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island by scientists have started a cactus boom thanks to their seed-spreading poo, a new study has revealed. The 742 Hood Island giant tortoises…
This is the moment a Florida fisherman shows off a rare rainbow parrotfish before releasing the colourful creature back into the deep. Conner Rachowicz - originally from Illinois - shared…
Marine scientists have revealed how they can track whale movement through the ocean using spare fibre optic cables to eavesdrop on them. Individual hydrophones, or underwater microphones, had previously been…
These snaps show how an unlucky toucan was gobbled up by a caiman when it went to drink water from a river. Tour guide and photographer Edir Alves captured the…
Police have saved 72 puppies after they pulled over a van transporting them in appalling conditions. Horrified officers in Waidhaus, Bavaria, southern Germany, found dozens of pups crammed into tiny…
A zoo visitor has lost his right arm when a giant crocodile bit it off as he washed his hands in a murky pond. The victim, named as Ilham, 49,…
Zoo chiefs are showing off six adorable rockhopper penguin chicks hatched by proud parents this spring. Keepers shared heartwarming footage of the youngsters, made famous in the film Happy Feet.…
The moon could contain massive slabs of ice at its north and south poles formed from the steam of vast ancient volcanoes, according to new research. If the new predictions…