Scientists have found a way to work out the weather in the distant past by looking at animals' teeth.
The proposed sanctuary would stretch from South America to Africa.
The underground pocket of magma is still pushing the dome even higher today.
Overall winner is Matthew Cattell with his shot of starlings over Brighton's derelict West Pier.
Historic samples of ivory suggest elephant poaching was driven inland as animals disappeared off the coasts.
Video footage of the black bear was captured by a wildlife biologist in Washington State.
Foraging expert Jason Irving explains how to find your own food safely.
Some in the science community still disagree saying there is no mystery at all.
Beautiful animal portraits and landscapes that might just inspire you to enter photography competition.
Picture of an old man enjoying a coffee and reading a newspaper unperturbed gets 19k likes.
Nottingham University is hoping to study the one-in-a-million snail but it has no mate to produce lefty babies with.
Following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Mount Aso erupted in October and is likely to do so again.
By pounding two stones against one another, the monkeys create sharp-edged flakes.
Population of Tasmanian devil has fallen by over 80% because of devil facial tumour disease.
Unsustainable practices are driving mammals to extinction and threatening human food security in the long run.
Tim Laman's vertigo-inducing shot of an orangutan high above the rainforest has won him Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016.
Combined findings from DNA records and prehistoric cave-art allows researchers to retrace the elusive bovine footsteps.
Orphaned orangutans at the IAR centre in West Borneo learn important skills at 'baby school'.
Call comes after a silverback briefly escaped from London Zoo last week.
IBTimes UK meets the teams using drones to combat wildlife crime in South Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
The national animal of China usually lives for around 20 years in the wild and 25 in captivity.
Obituary published on Outside Online sparks reports world's largest coral reef is no more.
The syrinx dates back to more than 66 million years ago and would have been used to produce goose-like honks.
Scientists say microbial life soon returned to the site of an asteroid impact that wiped out 75% of all life.
The victim, a qualified nurse, instructed others on how to save him.
The Yangtze River dolphin was declared extinct a decade ago, but conservationists now claim to have seen it.
Some of the most common species in the UK saw declines of over 40% since last year.
The humpback whale calf nudged its mother to safety off the coast of Queensland.
Chimps, orangutans and bonobos display ability to understand a human's beliefs.
Like humans, capuchins were shown to have an integrated, episodic memory.