NATURE

In a surprising finding, scientists in France have been able to discover a very dangerous type of ant for the first time in the country.

Japan's national weather agency issued its top-level alert after the Sakurajima volcano, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture, erupted on Sunday.

A rare white whale washed ashore on a beach in Australia on Saturday. The carcass of the whale was found at a beach in Mallacoota.

The US state of South Dakota witnessed an extremely unusual phenomenon after its sky turned an ominous, bright green in appearance on Tuesday.

A baby seal was found almost 3 miles away from its home in the ocean at a farm in South Australia on Thursday.

The land area cleared of trees in Brazil's Amazon rainforest last month was the biggest since the authorities started to keep a track of the same in 2015.

At least 53 people have died so far in landslides and floods in the Philippines after Tropical Storm Megi hit the country on Sunday. The death toll is only expected to increase in various flood-related incidents.

A US-based wind energy firm has been slapped with $8m fine after at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states over the last 10 years.

A study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the US, has found that turtles experience a temporary hearing loss due to underwater noise pollution caused by activities such as shipping.

We have heard of humans being put on special diet regimes to help them lose weight, but a zoo in Taiwan's Taipei has had to put two pandas on a strict diet because they have become obese.

The Indonesian man eaten alive by a 13-foot-long crocodile while bathing in river

The ranger is reportedly the third victim that was mauled by the same tiger

The zookeeper was in the intermediate security corridor that elephants use when entering and exiting their stables.

Robert's entry received received 55,486 votes from around the world to win the competition, besting 49,000 submissions.

The monkeys are reportedly chained by the neck and forced to climb up tall coconut trees to pick coconuts.

Three killer whales were identified as the "rogue" individuals and were found to be marauding juvenile orcas.

The black and white Australian magpies have been known to attack people who come close to their nesting grounds around the suburban areas

The breakthrough research could be the key factor in paving the way for viable drugs to mask the alluring flavour of human blood to mosquitoes.

In 2015, Australia had a recorded spike of 32 shark attacks within the year, two of which were fatal.

A swarm can consist of up to 80 million locusts and have the potential to destroy crops that can sufficiently feed 2,500 people for a year.

Murder hornets, also known as Asian Giant hornets are invasive species that can grow up to a length of 2 inches

French Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili also said the country will no longer build any new aquariums in the future

Australian authorities race against time to save what is left of 270 stranded pilot whales that are stuck in relatively inaccessible locations.

Scientists baffled by the string of unusual activity exhibited by the mammals near Portugal and Spain.

A witness recounted the attack saying the surfer was bitten across the upper leg with much of it chomped off.

Gooseneck Barnacles are quite the delicacy in countries such as Portugal and Spain known to locals as percebes

The singing canines sound like humpback whales and possess flexible joints that enable them to jump and leap like cats.

Crew members of US Coast Guard Cutter Kimball encountered a Fin Mako shark during a swim call

In 2017, the pair of felines broke out of their paddock and attacked a local who was collecting wood near the area.