Picture a forest at dawn, mist curling between ancient oaks, when suddenly a shadow glides through the undergrowth—a lynx, silent and mysterious, slipping back into a land it once called home. The idea is more than a fairy tale. Across the UK, a wild debate is raging: Should we bring back the mighty wolf, the ...
The world’s rainforests are not just the most significant carbon stores on the planet and safe places for biodiversity, but with the current rate of deforestation, they are being lost at an unprecedented pace. In 2024, almost 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) of a primeval forest in an area almost the size of Panama ...
The internet crowned the capybara a symbol of serenity, but scientists have been asking a sharper question: what, exactly, makes the world’s largest rodent so unflappable? Across South American wetlands and increasingly in city parks, researchers are uncovering a web of biological and social traits that add up to uncommon calm. It’s not a meme; ...
For more than a century, bats were cast as creatures of pure echo – masters of sound who traded sight for sonar in the deep night. Now a quieter revelation is unfolding: a surprising number of bats still use their eyes, and some can even see ultraviolet light that humans can’t. This dual sensory strategy ...
Zoonotic diseases, also known as zoonoses, are infectious diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans. These diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi. Understanding zoonotic diseases is crucial as they represent a significant public health concern globally. This article delves into how wildlife health impacts human health, shedding light on the ...
Wildlife corridors are designated areas of natural habitat that connect isolated populations of animal species, allowing them to move freely between larger habitat areas. These corridors play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and aiding conservation efforts across the globe. With increasing human development, climate change, and habitat fragmentation, wildlife corridors have emerged as an ...
A flash of copper leaps from the trunk, a wheel of skin unfurls, and for a heartbeat the bush seems to widen its eyes. The frilled‑neck lizard, an animal famous for turning its neck into a living parasol, is more than a viral clip from the outback – it is a small marvel of biomechanics ...
Some animals hide; others rewrite the rules of seeing. Deep in Madagascar’s night forests, leaf-tailed geckos melt into bark and dead leaves so perfectly that even a careful gaze slides past them. The mystery is not just color, but shadow, texture, posture, and a magician’s feel for timing. Scientists are now decoding this vanishing act ...
In a surprising turnaround that defies conventional evolutionary hypotheses, recent research indicates that echidnas Australia’s mysterious, spiny, egg-laying mammals could have evolved from aquatic origins instead of terrestrial ones. This finding, released in PNAS, upends the textbook narrative for how scientists think about monotremes, the strange branch of mammals that comprises echidnas and platypuses. If ...
Researchers have found an unlikely hero in the fight against one of the world’s most common and stubborn liver diseases, an unsuspecting gut fungus. New research suggests that Fusarium foetens, a bacterium found in the human gut, may hold the key to treating metabolic-dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), which afflicts over 1 in 4 adults ...
Gargi Chakravorty
