Animals

Researchers claim that Javan tigers, thought to have been extinct fifty years ago, might still exist. Despite doubts from scientists, signs suggest a similar big cat roams Java. In the past, Indonesia had three tiger types: Sumatran, Javan, and Bali...

Scores of baby penguins bravely dove off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first-ever swim in the icy Antarctic waters below, incredible new footage shows. Award-winning National Geographic cinematographer Bertie Gregory spent a frigid two months tracking the 10,000-strong flock...

Greek scientists believe that a cave near Vravrona, about 40 km (25 miles) east of Athens, was a hideout for lions and panthers which roamed the ancient Greek countryside thousands of years ago. Fossils belonging to small and large mammals,...

Goats are practically rock stars in Greece and when a herd decides to take a stroll at a beach it becomes a magnet for tourists and locals alike. A few years ago a bearded beachgoer made a sudden appearance on...

A rare dolphin with thumb-like flippers has been discovered in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute researchers came across this unique dolphin twice last summer while conducting boat surveys along the Greek coast. Despite its flippers'...

The small and remote Italian island of Alicudi, home to just 100 residents, is overrun by goats that now outnumber the human population by a ratio of about six to one. Desperate to address the situation, the local mayor, Riccardo...

Takis Proestakis, a former Greek businessman in the town of Ierapetra, Crete, gave up his comfortable life to devote himself to caring for abandoned dogs and cats at his shelter. April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, a day dedicated...

A new type of "ghost shark" has been found by researchers in the deep Andaman Sea near Thailand. This ghost shark is unlike any seen before with a big head, large shiny eyes, and feather-like fins. The newly found creature...

A rare and endangered pygmy hippo has been born in Athens' Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years, delighting conservationists. A lack of male pygmy hippopotamus in captivity had complicated breeding efforts, so zoo staff were "absolutely...

Mammoth mummies in Siberia refer to the preserved remains of woolly mammoths, an extinct species of elephant that roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene epoch. Siberia is well-known for its vast, frozen tundra, and the extreme cold temperatures have played...

Nomad jellyfish, a large species that can cause painful injuries to humans, have been found in waters around Greece's Rhodes. “The Rhopilema nomadica, also known as the nomadic jellyfish, is bell-shaped, has a transparent-bluish color, whose diameter can reach up...

Greece's flagship travel provider Aegean Airlines has issued a response following the disappearance of a kitten on a flight from Chania Airport, Crete to Munich Airport, Germany via Athens. As relayed by the kitten's owner, she arrived at Chania Airport...

Residents of Oceanside, California were both fascinated and alarmed this week after a mountain lion was spotted roaming the streets of the coastal city's downtown area. However, the urban adventure ended in tragedy days later when the big cat was...

Researchers have made a major breakthrough that could see woolly mammoths returning to life before 2028 after the passage of ten millennia. Scientists from Colossal Biosciences have successfully created elephant "pluripotent" stem cells which can grow into any cell in...

Scientists have published dramatic footage of the moment a lone killer whale hunted and ate a great white shark off the coast of South Africa, in the first documented incident of its kind. Researchers said the “unprecedented” display of predatory...