By: Shayla Smith/The Dodo Fishermen lash out when they steal their bait — but people are fighting so hard to protect them. Diving around Port Phillip Bay in Australia has become traumatizing for recreational scuba divers. The bodies of mutilated stingrays litter the ocean floor and force divers to make a difficult decision — euthanize the beloved…
Wild Elephant Stops Potato Truck For A Little Snack
By: Sarah V Schweig/The Dodo Nothing could get between a wild Asian elephant and his snack — not even the firecrackers people used to try to scare him away. A wild elephant recently approached a truck along a road going through the Garhbeta forest in eastern India. And even though bystanders shouted at him to go back…
Farmer Thought He Found Kittens. Grow Up And Turn Out To Be Something Entirely Different
By: Christine/Goodfulness This is the story of a Russian farmer who made an amazing discovery. He came across what he believed to be four baby kittens who were residing in his barn. While they were obviously kittens to most viewers, he would soon discover the truth and it will surprise you. Regardless of their species, these…
Photographer Being Sued By A Monkey Over Its “Selfie” Is Now Broke
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science The laws of the jungle are often brutal, but so it seems are those of copyright. For years a wildlife photographer has been dragged through the courts in America over whether or not he owns the copyright to a photograph of a monkey, who supposedly took the image itself. Now, the…
Deep Sea Expedition Off The Coast Of Australia Discovers Mysterious And Bizarre Animals
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science We all know that the deep sea is full of some seriously strange-looking critters, many of which wouldn’t look out of place in your darkest nightmares. Well, a recent Australian expedition run by CSIRO on the research vessel Investigator did not disappoint. During their voyage from Tasmania to the Coral Sea, the scientists trawled…
Incredibly Rare White Risso’s Dolphin Spotted For First Time In Years
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Against all odds, a juvenile albino Risso’s dolphin has been spotted in the wild again after it was last seen as a baby back in 2015. This super-rare white dolphin was spotted in the waters off Monterey Bay in California last week by Kate Cummings of Blue Ocean Whale Watch. She quickly made contact…
Female Dragonflies Fake Sudden Death To Avoid Male Advances
By: Sandrine Ceurstemont/New Scientist Female dragonflies use an extreme tactic to get rid of unwanted suitors: they drop out the sky and then pretend to be dead. Rassim Khelifa from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, witnessed the behaviour for the first time in the moorland hawker dragonfly (Aeshna juncea). While collecting their larvae in the Swiss…
Hunter Killed After Shot Elephant Falls Over And Crushes Him
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Humanity, in plenty of ways, has had a profoundly negative impact on wildlife. From throwing them into volcanoes to overzealously feeding them when we shouldn’t, it’s not surprising that animals sometimes decide that they’ve had enough, and fight back. Big game hunter Theunis Botha reportedly learned this lesson the hard way. Stalking…