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Tiny fanged frogs discovered in Indonesia battle with each other and hunt tough prey

A new study shows that ruminating helps reindeer recoup lost sleep.

Antarctica is often imagined as the last untouched wilderness. Unfortunately, avian influenza (“bird flu”) is encroaching on the icy continent. The virus has already reached the sub-Antarctic islands between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America. It’s only a matter of time before it reaches the Antarctic continent.

A nocturnal flying squirrel has resurfaced in Arunachal Pradesh after going missing for 42 years.

Scientists investigating how Antarctica's ice sheets retreated in the deep past have turned to an innovative approach: studying the genes of octopuses that live in its chilly waters.

Octopus DNA analysis has pointed to the likely collapse of an Antarctic ice sheet 120,000 years ago when global temperatures were similar to current levels.

Seal pup rescued from drowning after being found buried in sand on Norfolk beach

WOODLAND regeneration has increased by 25 per cent over six years at a Scottish nature reserve, new figures show.

Steven Miles has delivered on two of the environment movement’s most pressing concerns within a week of being sworn-in as premier