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A four by four vehicle with people in it and looking out of the sun roof. The vehicle is moving across the savannah with 5 impala in its path.

Human beings are now the biggest predator in the African Savannah

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Human beings are now the biggest predator in the African Savannah according to a new study. Animals are more afraid of humans than they are of lions.

A Gan's egg-eating snake that has swallowed a much larger egg relative to its size.

A little snake that can swallow a huge meal

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A little snake that can swallow a huge meal has been discovered in Africa. It can swallow prey much larger than its size due to its soft, stretchy mouth.

A reddish full moon against a dark blue sky with silhouettes of trees in the foreground.

Stargazers Witness Rare Blue Super Moon

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Stargazers were able to Witness Rare Blue Super Moon in August 2023. The next blue super moon will be in 2037, so this one was a very rare sighting.

Reconstruction of Perucetus colossus in its coastal habitat. A whale-like creature is swimming in the ocean.

New Fossil Whale Challenges Record as Heaviest Animal in History

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Scientists have unveiled a new species of early whale that could potentially hold the title as the heaviest animal to have ever lived. Found in Peru, the fossils of this ancient cetacean, named Peruce...

Giant Oarfish

Video l Meet the very rare Giant Oarfish that only appears around an earthquake

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Meet the very rare Giant Oarfish (Regalecus glesne), found throughout the deep waters of the tropics and subtropics. This one was found by scuba divers off the coast of Taiwan (Video Credit: @chengruw...

Close up of a crocodile in water with focus on its head and eye. Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash

Discovery of crocodile “virgin birth” is fascinating but is it good for conservation?

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Nature is Fascinating: The Discovery of a crocodile giving "virgin birth" has fascinated scientists and shows that nature finds ways to survive and thrive. But is it also good for conservation?

Stillborn fetus of American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, Parthenogen. Photo courtesy of Q. Dwyer.

Podcast Episode 67 l Parthenogenesis in a crocodile, is it good for conservation?

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Parthenogenesis in a crocodile, is it good for conservation? The finding involves an American crocodile in solitude for 16 years at a zoo in Costa Rica.

A goldfinch perched on a stem of a planet with some brown grasses in the background. A new study says that Britain has lost 73 million birds over the last 50 years

Britain has lost 73 million birds over the last 50 years

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The number of wild birds in Britain has fallen by 73 million since 1970. Most of the declining species are farmland birds, where a mix of increasingly industrialised agriculture, habitat loss and the ...

Black and white orcas in water with fins and upper body above water during daytime.

Why are Orcas (killer whales) attacking boats?

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Why are Orcas (killer whales) attacking boats? This is happening off Europe’s Iberian coast & scientists think is because of one female who suffered trauma