Indonesia takes a historic step towards responsible tourism by becoming the first Asian country to ban elephant rides altogether.

For years, we've imagined the Greenland shark as a slow, almost blind giant, trudging through the dark waters of the Arctic. And yet...

Everyone who lives with a dog has seen it. A voice is raised, a heated argument ensues in the house, and the god comes along, approaches, and stays put.

A meaty-tasting pill that promises to slow down the aging process in dogs. It sounds like science fiction, but it's the project that an American biotech Loyal is working on.

They once belonged to the notorious drug lord and are about to be slaughtered for lack of solutions for relocating them.

They are about the size of a Post-it, live in the mud of mangroves, and while we discuss technological solutions and political promises, they are already doing the dirty work. In silence.

After more than fifty years of total (or almost total) protection, Finland has decided to allow wolf hunting

In just a few years, the Asian hornet has become an unwelcome but increasingly common guest in a lot of gardens.

There's a widespread belief that reproduction is always and in every case a sign of vitality. However, when we look at what happens in nature, the picture becomes more complex.

As the BBC notes, before the 1980s, it was believed that life could not survive more than 30 centimeters underground.