Two-thirds of the corals in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef have died on in the reef’s worst-ever bleaching event, according to the latest underwater surveys.
People across the UK were treated to a spectacular view of the Aurora Borealis lighting up the night sky on Sunday night.
A spectacular ‘moon halo’ was visible across parts of the UK last night, with amateur and professional photographers alike capturing images of the rare event.
A baby bull elephant separated from its heard has fought off an attack by 14 lions at South Luangwa National Park in Zambia.
A tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal, a single-celled protist that acts like a sponge, and a sea anemone that lives under an Antarctic glacier are among the species identified as the top 10 species discovered last year by the SUNY-ESF International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE).