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As oceans warm, we need to get used to close encounters, says marine scientist Hannah Rudd

A team of five scientists upturned more than 7,000 rocks over a considerable period of time to find out how animals ranging from ants to snakes are responding to land-use changes in rocky habitats. Their study has been published in the Global Ecology and Conservation, a peer-reviewed international journal. 

Maintaining that its recent elephant population estimation exercise was “more precise” than the previous surveys, the Forest department has stood by its migration theory to explain the fall in elephant population, with their habitats in Kerala being contiguous with the forests of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu sharing an inter-State boundary…

More than 230 years ago, the country parson celebrated the small but vital elements that gave the English landscape its ‘wild majesty’. Today, Hampshire’s farmers and volunteers are honouring his legacy

Drone footage showed whales clustering and forming a heart shape before they stranded themselves

A wildlife expert said it was ‘one of the hardest decisions’ in his 34-year career

Reporter Narelle Towie found herself joining volunteers and marine officials trying to save a pod stranded on Cheynes beach in Western Australia

Shark behaviorist Tom "The Blowfish" Hird opened up about how Shark Week created some shark cocaine for the "Cocaine Sharks" TV special.

On Tuesday night, a pod of almost 100 long-finned pilot whales stranded itself on a beach on Western Australia’s south coast. Over the course of Wednesday, more than 100 parks and wildlife staff and 250 registered volunteers worked tirelessly to try to keep alive the 45 animals surviving the night.