Divers in California have captured a rare video of a killer whale “slurping” the liver out of a live shark. The gruesome footage shows an orca tearing into the stomach of a 30-foot (9...
For years, as the climate warms, Siberia’s permafrost has been showing signs of collapse, with sinkholes appearing out of nowhere and bubbles of gas erupting under people’s feet. The biggest and most well known...
A trail of milk disperses in the depths of the Pacific off Colombia’s coast as a whale calf breaks away after nursing on its mother in rare footage scientists hope will contribute to humpback...
Scientists observed unusual behavior in an octopus that they said looked similar to it waking up from a nightmare. The cephalopod, named Costello, was filmed 24 hours a day in a laboratory at The...
Amateur astrophotography is becoming increasingly popular among the astronomy community, as advancements in telescope and camera technologies allow individuals from all walks of life to observe the heavens in mind-blowing detail, including our own...
Tardigrades are microscopic creatures with a gift for survival. These aquatic invertebrates – aka water bears or moss piglets – can withstand exposure to high levels of radiation, the crushing pressure of the deep...
A buzz of clicks and gleeful victory squeals compose the soundtrack in the first footage ever recorded from the perspective of dolphins freely hunting off the coast of North America. For a scientific study...
Researchers have revealed the first aerial footage of the massive iceberg that broke free from an Antarctic ice shelf in January. Designated A81, the Greater-London-sized chunk of ice had finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt...
Vultures, hyenas, and Tasmanian devils are highly efficient scavengers, able to locate and consume carrion rapidly, including the meat and bones. When we think of scavengers, these large carnivores are what comes to mind...
New footage has revealed Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is shrinking from below in a way scientists hadn’t expected – with melting happening rapidly along the cracks and crevasses in its base. Though the ice loss...