You are here: Homepage Tag biodiversity Articles Revered since Aztec times and a Mexican national icon today, Axolotls are struggling to survive in the wild Collage: Julia Neller, Photos: Getty Images Biodiversity | Mexico The incredible transformation of the axolotl The iconic axelotl has fascinated Aztecs, scientists and became a meme. But is that enough to bring it back from the brink of extinction? By Andrés Cota Hiriart 09/11/2024 Flowers under UV light: Some birds and insects can see ultraviolet colours Photo: Iryna Veklich / Getty Images Books | Wildlife A bigger, stranger world Assassin flies taste with their feet, scallops have 200 eyes, fishes are “swimming tongues”. Science journalist Ed Yong explores the weird and wonderful world of animal perception By Manuela Lenzen 10/01/2022 Fossa, an endangered species. In recent decades, its population has declined by about thirty percent Photo: Gustav Mützel Wildlife | Madagascar Skilled hunter The fossa is Madagascar’s largest carnivore. Today it is at the verge of extinction By Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 07/01/2022 Snow leopards live in the high mountains of Asia Photo: IMAGO / Imagbroker Wildlife | Mongolia Leopards and goats What does your cashmere jumper have to do with the snow leopard? About a special animal in Mongolia By Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi 04/14/2022 The pangolin should be protected by its scales - but they actually led it to the brink of extinction Illustration: Dorling Kindersley / Getty Images Wildlife | Cameroon Wearing cute armour The pangolin is very popular - and not just in Cameroon. Its protective armour does not seem to protect it very well anymore By Franklin T. Simo 01/07/2022 The red garden ants make interesting noises with their upper jaw - it sounds like a squeak Photo: agefotostock / IMAGO Life underground Messages from beneath our feet Hums, buzzes, squeaks: It’s surprisingly loud underground. What do these noises tell us? By Marcus Maeder 01/07/2022 Her research into the behavior of chimpanzees made her world famous Photo: Craig Barritt via Getty Images Talking point | Wildlife Smart primates Homo sapiens are not the only ones who can observe and learn. Jane Goodall recalls her research on Chimpanzees in Tanzania By Jane Goodall 10/01/2021 Okapis are threatened by poaching, urbanisation and deforestation. Illustration: Matt Grove / Getty Images Wildlife | Democratic Republic of Kongo Another sort of Antilope A symbol of beauty and grace: The okapi is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national animal By Miss Bern Bangala 07/01/2021
Revered since Aztec times and a Mexican national icon today, Axolotls are struggling to survive in the wild Collage: Julia Neller, Photos: Getty Images Biodiversity | Mexico The incredible transformation of the axolotl The iconic axelotl has fascinated Aztecs, scientists and became a meme. But is that enough to bring it back from the brink of extinction? By Andrés Cota Hiriart 09/11/2024
Flowers under UV light: Some birds and insects can see ultraviolet colours Photo: Iryna Veklich / Getty Images Books | Wildlife A bigger, stranger world Assassin flies taste with their feet, scallops have 200 eyes, fishes are “swimming tongues”. Science journalist Ed Yong explores the weird and wonderful world of animal perception By Manuela Lenzen 10/01/2022
Fossa, an endangered species. In recent decades, its population has declined by about thirty percent Photo: Gustav Mützel Wildlife | Madagascar Skilled hunter The fossa is Madagascar’s largest carnivore. Today it is at the verge of extinction By Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 07/01/2022
Snow leopards live in the high mountains of Asia Photo: IMAGO / Imagbroker Wildlife | Mongolia Leopards and goats What does your cashmere jumper have to do with the snow leopard? About a special animal in Mongolia By Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi 04/14/2022
The pangolin should be protected by its scales - but they actually led it to the brink of extinction Illustration: Dorling Kindersley / Getty Images Wildlife | Cameroon Wearing cute armour The pangolin is very popular - and not just in Cameroon. Its protective armour does not seem to protect it very well anymore By Franklin T. Simo 01/07/2022
The red garden ants make interesting noises with their upper jaw - it sounds like a squeak Photo: agefotostock / IMAGO Life underground Messages from beneath our feet Hums, buzzes, squeaks: It’s surprisingly loud underground. What do these noises tell us? By Marcus Maeder 01/07/2022
Her research into the behavior of chimpanzees made her world famous Photo: Craig Barritt via Getty Images Talking point | Wildlife Smart primates Homo sapiens are not the only ones who can observe and learn. Jane Goodall recalls her research on Chimpanzees in Tanzania By Jane Goodall 10/01/2021
Okapis are threatened by poaching, urbanisation and deforestation. Illustration: Matt Grove / Getty Images Wildlife | Democratic Republic of Kongo Another sort of Antilope A symbol of beauty and grace: The okapi is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national animal By Miss Bern Bangala 07/01/2021
