Sea lions killed to protect endangered salmon
Dozens of sea lions could be killed off the United States’ north Pacific coastline to stop them feasting on endangered wild salmon, wildlife officials say. Read More »
Thames eels prove slippery customers
Eels, once a slippery mainstay of Cockney cuisine, appear to be abandoning the River Thames. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London have recorded a 98 percent drop in the number of European eels in the river in the past five years and say that triggers alarm bells for the future health of other Thames-dwelling species too. Read More »
Fish with telescopic jaws caught on camera
Video footage of a fish with bizarre telescopic jaws has become an internet hit after being posted on YouTube.
Japan braced for monster jellyfish invasion
In a storyline apparently lifted straight from the plot of a Godzilla movie, fishermen along Japan’s northern coastline have been warned to prepare for a “massive” invasion of giant-sized toxic jellyfish. Read More »
Exotic sharks facing critical risk of extinction
Some of the world’s rarest sharks are at serious risk of extinction because of overfishing, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has warned in its most comprehensive study of the creatures to date. Read More »
Great white shark the ‘psycho killer’ of the seas
Nature’s deadliest creature — the great white shark — shares many behavioural traits with serial killers when it comes to planning its attacks, researchers have shown by borrowing methods used to hunt psychopathic murderers. Read More »
Basking sharks seek winter sun in Caribbean
Researchers have finally solved one of the enduring mysteries of marine biology by tracing where hundreds of basking sharks spend their winter months. Read More »
World’s rarest shark cooked in coconut milk
One of the world’s most elusive sharks has been caught, carved up and cooked in coconut milk by fishermen in the Philippines. Megamouth sharks are so rare that the accidental snaring of the giant fish in trawler nets was only the 41st human sighting of the species. Read More »
New shrimp’s name auctioned on eBay
Wildlife lovers with several thousand dollars in spare cash can now hope to buy zoological immortality by bidding to have a new species of shrimp named after themselves in an eBay auction. Read More »
Experts baffled by mystery of Thames walking fish
An unusual “walking fish” found washed up in the Thames estuary thousands of miles from home has left wildlife experts baffled and sparked fears of an invasion of British waterways. Read More »
