NATURE

Mammoth inbreeding led to weakened immune system that could have also played a role in extinction.

Carousers discharged a gun, littered beer cans, vomited and waded in Devils Hole with endangered pupfish.

Koala population has declined in the South-East of Queensland despite protection measures.

Scientists in Dorset are investigating leprosy transmission in the protected species.

Scatological survey is intended to find out what urban coyotes eat.

Multiple small earthquakes have occurred beneath Mount St Helens.

The cages cut into the civets' feet and cause the animal distress.

Global leopard population is on the decline and has lost 75% of its historic territory.

It is not known if collision with the bird actually caused the crash

Climate change is 'by far' the biggest factor behind mass bleaching event, Australian scientists say.

But they can't be 'destined' to be hunted officials warn.

Scientists pinpoint a genetic mutation that may explain breed's obesity issues.

Study found three new species of mouse lemur in Madagascar; the smallest primates in the world.

Thirty-three lions that were rescued from circuses in Peru and Columbia have been airlifted to the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa.

One trillion species may inhabit the Earth, often undiscovered by humans.

Dashcam footage shows marsupial leap onto car in Victoria, Australia.

More than 750 dogs roam across the hills at Territorio de Zaguates in Costa Rica.

Twelve towering pyres of elephant tusks will be set alight in the largest single destruction of ivory in history.

The cat battle took place in Russia's far east.

Half of farmed fish have deformed earbones, which reduces their hearing by up to 50%.

Incredibly detailed images of jewel-like insects reveal the beautiful, surprising, and often downright bizarre sculptural forms of some of the tiniest creatures on Earth.

Scientists discover a type of slime mould that displays 'an unmistakable form of learning'.

Tapirs are classed as endangered and their population continue to decrease around the world.

A giant penguin reaching up to 1.5m in height once roamed Australia

The dogs had been confined in their cages from birth and the farm is just one of thousands in the country.

'Shark eye' camera allows scientists to understand how catsharks see one another in deep water.

Bed bugs tend to move toward the colour red as they themselves are red, and tend to live in packs.

Ants can build rafts made entirely from the insect themselves, and become more organised with every flood.

Nightshade secretes nectar from its wounds, attracting ants that attack the herbivore and defend the plant.