This article briefly mentions abuse and misogyny. William Shakespeare's extensive body of work has been subject to countless adaptations. Whether it's a film clearly based on Shakespeare's story or ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially. An international research team led by Dr. Quentin Martinez and Dr. Eli ...

What is it about William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” that attracts progressive, feminist directors who hope to tame its inherently violent sexism and then spend their entire show fighting ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, in Washington, D.C. has announced one of its elephants is pregnant, the first time a baby elephant will be born at the zoo in 25 years. The zoo says 12-year-old Nhi ...

The Christmas Island shrew, the only shrew species native to Australia, has been officially declared extinct. This small mammal, once endemic to the isolated Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, has ...

A leading researcher has described the extinction of the Christmas Island shrew as "another stain" on Australia's environmental record. The mouse-sized mammal was officially added to the International ...

Once abundant on Christmas Island, the tiny, five-gram shrew (Crocidura trichura) filled the night forest with its high, thin cry before vanishing into silence. Introduced black rats and their ...

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew, officially declared extinct. This tiny insect-eating mammal was Australia's only shrew species. Its disappearance highlights the ...

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out ...

John Woinarski is a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, a member of the Biodiversity Council, and co-chair of the IUCN Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes Specialist Species Group.

Jeff Melvin and Larry Unrein traveled to Botswana for a canoe safari. Two tourists are speaking out after they managed to escape an angry elephant while on a canoe safari trip in Botswana, an incident ...

A new species of “tiny” mammal was discovered in the mountains of northern Ethiopia. Craig, et al (2025) Journal of Vertebrate Biology In late September 2015 in the highlands of Ethiopia, researcher ...