NATURE

The starving calf was rescued by conservationists from the Masai Mara and delivered to an elephant orphanage in Nairobi.

The earliest life on Earth must have appeared more than 3.5-billion-years-ago, according to new research.

The body of what seems like a well-preserved dinosaur was found in an abandoned substation in northern India.

So far, the rare footage of the shark has got over 368,000 views and 2,200 shares on Facebook.

A new study further investigates the phenomenon following a report earlier this year of a male snow monkey mounting a female deer on Yakushima Island.

Hagfish have extremely loose skin which allows the animals to escape serious internal damage when bitten by predators.

With increased encroachment of forest land, more leopards have been seen venturing into urban areas in search of food.

Plesiosaurs are a group of marine reptiles which roamed the oceans until being wiped out 66 million years ago.

Loss of water from the mountains resulted in this change, according to researchers involved in the study.

There was an explosive outbreak of severe coughing and sneezing among the community of wild chimpanzees in the Kibale National Park.

The video of the animals reacting to their herd member's death was captured by an 8-year-old boy for his school science project.

Ticks that lived alongside dinosaurs feasted on their blood.

Caledonian crows can make multiple types of hooks in various shapes and sizes using their sharp bills.

A Neolithic weapon, found buried at the River Thames, could be one of the earliest weapons that was fashioned to kill.

Stunning wildlife, aerial, landscape and underwater photos in National Geographic's Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

After the Queensland police shared the photo on their social media, the post went viral with over two million views and 10,000 comments.

Individual microorganisms were found to react differently to stimuli in their environment, according to researchers.

Kumimanu biceae, which lived around 60 million years ago, is one of the largest and oldest penguin species ever discovered.

The numerous other artefacts found in the area include an ancient rabbit jaw, the teeth of a mastodon and a mammoth tusk.

The North Atlantic right whale could go extinct in about 20 years if no action is taken to save them.

A new review of cheetah populations in southern Africa suggests there are far fewer of the animals than previously thought.

Newly discovered Antarctic microbes need only a few gasses to live. They literally eat the air around them.

25 race horses have been killed after wildfire tore through stalls at a training facility in San Diego. The surviving horses were transported to the Del Mar race track.

The country's largest volcano has indicated increased seismic activity and geothermal water leakage over the past month.

Scientists have recorded the Earth's hum, confirming the vibrational signal, which was first detected in 1998, is indeed real.

Rupert Murdoch's property is in an evacuation zone threatened by blazing wildfires that have hit Los Angeles.

Scientists believe that an ancient skeleton discovered in Michigan was kept in a pond to preserve the meat and hide it from predators.

The beating and abuse known as "ketti azhikkal" is regularly inflicted on the animals after they come out of the mating season.

The first cub to be born in France startled the first lady by growling at her during the panda's naming ceremony.