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Climate change impact on marine food webs

Climate change could lead to marine food shortage, posing a serious threat to sea life

Warm ocean waters and rising CO2 levels are likely to disturb the food chain.

Jan 10, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Climate Change

Snow falls in Sahara desert for third time in 40 years: See the breathtaking images here

Sand dunes in the Algerian town of Ain Sefra were blanketed by a 16-inch thick layer of snow. This was only the third snowfall to be recorded in the town.

Jan 9, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Climate change is turning green sea turtles in the Great Barrier Reef female - here's how

More than 99% of green sea turtles coming from the northern Great Barrier Reef are females, study finds.

Jan 9, 2018

By Shubham Sharma

Vote for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award

Choose one of these 24 stunning animal pictures as the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

Jan 9, 2018

By David Sim

Animal and Wildlife Pictures Photography Competition Pictures

Titanoboa: The monster snake that measured 50 feet and ate crocodiles for dinner

Titanoboa cerrejonensis is the largest snake ever known to have existed and an early ancestor to today's boa constrictors.

Jan 8, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

Dinosaurs

Firehawks: Killer birds in Australia are deliberately starting fires to scare prey into the open

Intriguing behaviour of raptors is widely known among Australia's indigenous people and is often represented in sacred ceremonies.

Jan 8, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

Anthropology

The ocean floor is slowly sinking under the weight of melting glaciers

Scientists found that while in the Arctic region the sinking was over 1mm a year, in the south Pacific it was 0.4mm a year.

Jan 8, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Climate Change

Brave dog survives 10 days in snowy mountain after becoming 'disoriented' during walk

A brave dog named Red survived 10 days in the on Preseli mountains after getting 'disoriented' and disappeared during a walk.

Jan 8, 2018

By Nicole Rojas

It's National Bird Day - How many of our feathered friends can you identify?

January 5 marks National Bird Day - but how much do you know about our feathered friends? Take our quiz and find out.

Jan 5, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Conservation United Kingdom

As brutal cold sweeps US, heartless pet owners let their dogs freeze to death

Animal protection groups and local authorities have urged people to shelter their pets indoors during the icy weather.

Jan 5, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

385 million-year-old shark fossil reveals sharks and humans had a common ancestor

Scientists studied the fossilised bones of a shark that lived during the Devonian period to find that humans' ancient ancestor was also related to sharks.

Jan 5, 2018

By India Ashok

Palaeontology

Ice quake? Unexplained loud bang shakes Canadian village

Ice quakes occur when rapid drops in temperature make water in the ground to freeze, causing the rock or soil to crack.

Jan 4, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

Earthquake

This is how the deepest living fish survives in pressures akin to an elephant standing on your thumb

The Mariana snailfish has been documented at depths of more than 8,000 metres below the ocean surface.

Jan 3, 2018

By Aristos Georgiou

UK's first polar bear birth in 25 years is a 'tragedy in the making'

Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park has welcomed a polar bear cub, announced just a day after a cub in Tierpark Berlin was found dead. Cubs have a high mortality rate in captivity.

Jan 3, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

Scotland