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Capybaras feeding on grass near a main road in the gated community Nordelta, north of Buenos Aires, on Aug. 26.

World's largest rodents are taking over a fancy gated community in Argentina

By Harry Baker published

Capybaras have overrun a gated community in Argentina which was controversially built over their original habitat.

Land Mammals
Director Eli Roth visits with a shark in his documentary, "Fin."

Humans are the real monsters in gory new shark documentary

By Mindy Weisberger published

Acclaimed horror director Eli Roth has a new documentary on a horrific subject: the shark finning trade.

Sharks
Scientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.

Rare 'zombie fingers' parasitic fungus is hanging on (barely) in Australia

By Mindy Weisberger published

Scientists recently found that a fungus resembling zombies' fingers is more widespread in Australia than anyone suspected.

Plants
Tasmanian devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials in the world.

Tasmanian devils wipe out colony of little penguins in major conservation backfire

By Harry Baker published

Tasmanian devils introduced to Maria Island for their own conservation have created an ecological disaster in their new home by wiping out an entire population of little penguins.

Penguins
A wild Tasmanian devil exploring the 1,000 acre sanctuary where the new joeys were born.

Wild Tasmanian devils born on mainland Australia for 1st time in 3,000 years

By Harry Baker published

Conservationists have confirmed the birth of seven wild Tasmanian devil joeys in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.

Land Mammals
A Copiapoa solaris specimen is one of hundreds of cactuses that were recently recovered by Operation Atacama.

$1.2 million worth of rare, stolen cactuses confiscated and returned to Chile

By Mindy Weisberger published

Officials have returned stolen cactuses to Chile, after recovering the rare plants during two raids in Italy in 2020.

Plants
Jane Goodall visiting the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre in 2018.

Jane Goodall says humanity's 'disrespect of the natural world' brought on the pandemic

By Rachael Rettner published

Goodall made the comments after winning the prestigious 2021 Templeton Prize.

Monkeys
A close-up of the pheromone gland in a Stenophylla lobivertex female.

Dragon mantis females have a Y-shaped sex gland that moves like a tentacle and looks like a maggot

By Mindy Weisberger published

A two-pronged, pheromone-producing gland in female dragon mantises only pops up when they are ready to mate.

Ants
The amphibious Scolopendra alcyona lives near streambeds in the forests of the Ryukyu Islands in Japan.

Newfound species of amphibious giant centipede named for woman cursed by the gods

By Mindy Weisberger published

Researchers recently described a new species of amphibious giant centipede in an archipelago in Japan.

Animals
Since December 2020, nine giraffes have been carried by barge across the waters of Lake Baringo.

Mom & baby giraffe trapped on a sinking island rescued in months-long operation

By Mindy Weisberger published

A months-long rescue operation transported the last of nine stranded giraffes to their new home in a mainland sanctuary.

Giraffes
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