Browsing: Zoology

Introduction: A journey shaped by seasons Across a quiet night, birds may rise from wetlands, forests, grasslands, and shorelines and…

The yeti, as every schoolboy knows, was introduced to the outside world in 1921 when Charles Howard-Bury,…

In the remote depths of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, scientists have found something astonishing: the world’s largest known fish…

A bee disappearing into a small hole in the soil can be easy to misunderstand. It may look as though…

That’s where we’ll end. I wanted to talk about recent discoveries in toads and poison dart frogs too, but it…

Last week I gave you this skinny piece of bone to have a go at identifying: As it turns out,…

Anolis grahami aquarum (male) As I do like reading about field trips or merely observations from vacations where anoles have…

Co-author Irina Rotenko An at least eleven‑year‑old female lynx (we call her Aurelija) still reproduces successfully. This May she gave…

Hulton Archive / Getty Images We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and may be distressing.…

 Jambo! My name is Gaurav Singh-Varma and I am the new research assistant for the Mara Hyena Project based at…

I know that the Turkey Vulture is not everyone’s favourite bird, but I admire them. Even to me, they aren’t…

Meet Tom Donlon, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota, who studies the Milky Way’s structure, evolution, and what…

Every three to four years, jellyfish researchers from around the world come together for some serious fun: the International Jellyfish…

AJP went for a walk up Tai Mo Shan four days ago. He saw this snake in the grass from…

 Yours truly in front of a life-sized model of a giant prehistoric scorpion, on exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum…

Kelly, K., Megía-Palma, R., Dajčman, U., Blázquez-Castro, S., Pie, M.R. and Žagar, A. (2025). Environmental drivers of scale morphology in…

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Demons get such a bad rap these days. And… all other days, I suppose. But look at this cutie! Surely…

Thinking about how animals mate, one might at first think about the way that mammals do it. But what do…

If you follow any wildlife or nature accounts on social media, then you may have noticed an influx of posts…

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Let’s talk about green parenting! 🌱   If you have kids, convenience rules … WE GET IT! But if you’re looking…

Research assistants (RA) are the backbone to many projects happening inside the departments of Botany and Zoology. Their roles can…

  Good morning!  Our main news today is that we are mounting a challenge of DEFRA’s regulations that relate to burning…

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These dogs LOVE pulling sleds. They bark and howl with as the equipment gets set up. One morning in winter…

BOSTON, Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For decades, Bigfoot believers have chased shaky photos and grainy footage that never…

In the forest around Bossou, Guinea, a respiratory epidemic during the 2003 dry season killed five of the community’s 19…

 I was invited by the fine folks in Digital Marketing at DreamWorks Animation to create a drawing of my choice…

The Buddhists say grief is the price we pay for love. On Friday night the wounds I had just managed…

Who knows what mysterious creatures might walk out of the jungles of southeast Asia? Rumours abound of…

What’s the bare minimum needed for life? Scientists may have just found the answer in a tiny archaeon named Candidatus…

The Ecology & Conservation of Asian Hornbills: Farmers of the Forest is excellent and data-packed and will be used regularly…

Last week I offered up this specimen from the comparative avian osteology collections of the Dead Zoo, to test your…

Read all about it!  Abstract: Courtship and mating events in Mexican Anolis species have been reported mainly in captive conditions.…

Co-author Irina Rotenko According to most Eurasian lynx researchers, the species is mainly characterised by solitary behaviour, except for the…

Have you ever done any research that relied to any degree on Indigenous Knowledges? How did you cite those Knowledges,…

 Jambo Jambo! My name is Anne Ju, and I am the new research assistant based out of Serena camp! I…

In September, one of the most-hoped for raptors is the Broad-winged Hawk. Among the earliest raptor migrants, Broadies fly in…

This post was written by Hillary Burgess and Sam Blickhan. In June 2025, we announced an initiative to develop a…

Another event-packed One Ocean Week is behind us, and the marine group has participated both on the science fair at…

Every day bananas are put on a feeder along the fence line of the garden by the owner of Kumanday…

 What happens when you ask AI to generate an image of a tall bipedal tailless monkey confronting a gigantic octopus…

On 29th April 2026, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has its 200th ‘birthday’, and to celebrate ZSL’s 200 years…

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Pac-Man was always such a harmless soul, lost in the labyrinth of his own mind, chased by ghostly memories of…

• Definition: The process of maturation and differentiation of PGC to oogonia, primary oocytes, secondary oocytes and to mature ova…

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Some creatures make a living by pretending to be something they’re not. (Like Halloween, every day!) In one high-flying example, zone-tailed…

By Moya Owens. Research Assistant | ANTENNA Project| Department of Botany All at Trinity celebrating World Bee Day. To celebrate…

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Including multiple universes, which might explain where certain cryptids come from – and return to. now read on…. [Disclaimer: The content…

After living in Occupied Minnesota and witnessing the many constitutional violations perpetrated by ICE, I have dragged Disapproving Rabbits Merch…