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Step aside, ducks, with your corkscrew phalluses: we have a new member of the animal kingdom sporting a penis that resembles a tool you’d more likely expect to see behind a bar than in a biological body plan.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTa… Continue reading Newfound beetle has a penis like a bottle opener, is named after beer
With spines like a hedgehog, feet like a mole and snout like an anteater, this bizarre-looking animal is hard to miss. But that’s exactly what it has been excelling at for more than half a century, eluding scientists to the point that this weird hybrid… Continue reading Strange egg-laying mammal casually reappears after a 62-year absence
Camera drones have made aerial photography way more accessible, but … what if there isn’t much to look at where you live? That’s where the NatureEye service comes in, as it allows you to remotely pilot a drone at conservation areas throughout the world… Continue reading NatureEye lets online users fly real drones over amazing places
While we all know it’s a dog-eat-dog world, so to speak, an Australian snake species has taken the suggestion of cannibalism very literally and has been captured consuming a smaller, and very unlucky, version of itself.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology… Continue reading Snake’s worst day captured in very rare sighting of unusual animal behavior
Human-animal conflict is always a contentious issue, and finding ways to prevent damage without causing harm to the animals often requires creative solutions. [James Milward] needed a humane method to …read more Continue reading Keeping Badgers At Bay With Tensorflow
The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards, hosted by the Natural History Museum of London, is a hotly contested event. And 2023 was no different, with the judges having 49,957 images to narrow down to a handful of adult and junior winners.Con… Continue reading Nature calls: The 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners
The final shortlist for this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards is in, showcasing grin-tastic animal antics captured by nature-loving snappers around the globe – including a dove getting rewarded for not paying attention, an otter auditioning for Swan Lake, and a kangaroo rocking out on air guitar.
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Tags: Competition, Awards, Animals, Wildlife
Continue reading Flying head first into the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards shortlist
In a twist on using animals as biological control, a method that has not always been well understood and in many cases been an absolute disaster for the environment, scientists have successfully given nature a nudge and taught native predators to activ… Continue reading Scientists give nature a nudge, training native species to hunt invaders
As any ornithologist will tell you, birds are wonderful, funny and expressive animals, so it’s no surprise they also make such incredible subjects for nature photo competitions.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Photography, Birds, Photogr… Continue reading Wings of desire: The winners of the 2023 Audubon Photo Awards
GPS-enabled tracking modules allow scientists to learn a great deal about wild animals, but the devices do have one major drawback – limited battery life. A new tracker gets around that limitation, as it’s continuously powered by the animal’s movements… Continue reading Motion-powered GPS unit designed to track wild animals indefinitely