Carys Matthews

Carys Matthews

Live Science Contributor

Carys Matthews is a freelance writer for Live Science and has a passion for the natural world. Most recently the group digital editor of BBC Wildlife and BBC Countryfile Magazine, she writes about the outdoors, nature and health and fitness. Prior to this she has worked for a number of sports and environmental titles in the U.K.

Articles by: Carys Matthews

Large tortoise poses with neck extended upwards with its mouth wide open

World's oldest tortoise still randy at 191 years old

By Carys Matthews published

Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, has turned 191, living through 40 U.S. presidents and 31 St. Helena governors.

A Great White shark smiles at it approaches the camera amidst dark waters

Great white sharks are hanging out in the twilight zone and scientists don't know why

By Carys Matthews published

Researchers recorded the movements of ocean predators and found many diving to depths of over 3,200 feet for reasons that are currently unclear.

Photo of fossilised bird footprint with 3 digits

120 million-year-old birds tracks near South Pole are the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere

By Carys Matthews published

Fossilized bird tracks discovered in Australia show these ancient creatures lived in the southern polar regions on the supercontinent of Gondwana.

a christmas island red crab sitting on rocks

Crabs keep evolving to go from the sea to the land — and back again

By Carys Matthews published

True crabs evolved to migrate between marine and land environments multiple times throughout their 250 million-year-old history, new study finds.

two photos showing wolves carrying sea otters in their jaws

Watch rare footage of wolf hunting sea otter in Alaska at low tide

By Carys Matthews published

Coastal wolves in Alaska have learned to kill marine mammals, and have developed a "unique" lone hunting strategy to take down prey, scientists have said.

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