A rare Sumatran rhino has been born at a sanctuary in Indonesia. The calf, which has not yet been named, weighed 25kg (55lb). Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of all rhinos, and are classed as critically endangered. Successful births are to be celebrated, as there are only around 40 of the animals left in the
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Six sets of twins who were born conjoined have gathered at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London, where they were treated. The families got together to share stories about their experiences and stories about how they went on to lead healthy lives. The first successful operation separating conjoined twins at GOSH took place in
A space enthusiast in Nepal filmed the Harvest Supermoon by putting his mobile phone to the viewfinder of his telescope. Amartya Mishra said he often captured the skies from Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu. The Moon was also seen from Colorado, in the US. For a moon to be classed as a supermoon it must be
Astronaut Frank Rubio and his fellow cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, landed safely in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after more than a year aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Their mission was scheduled to last six months, but a leak in their capsule forced them to wait for a replacement spacecraft.
There were celebrations in the Nasa control room as a capsule containing samples from the asteroid Bennu touched down in the Utah desert. Scientists hope that this material could contain hints as to how life on Earth began. The spacecraft, Osiris-Rex, has remained in space after releasing the capsule containing the samples.
A “Dumbo” octopus, with ear-like fins similar to the 1940s Disney cartoon character, has been seen in a broadcast on a EVNautilus live stream, which is exploring the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the north Pacific Ocean. The octopus can live at depths of up to 7,000 metres and has been filmed by a remotely-operated
Baby turtles made it safely to the sea after they were dug out of a nest on a beach in Mississippi. In January 2023, the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) found a sea turtle nest in Pass Christian, a rare occurrence on the manmade beach. In an excavation following the hatching process, IMMS staff
A huge waterspout has been captured on camera off the coast of the Isle of Wight in England. The UK’s national weather service, the Met Office, said the waterspout was spotted on 26 August. Waterspouts are similar to tornadoes, but they form over a body of water and do not reach land.
Border Patrol agents found seven spider monkeys in a backpack when they detained a man trying to smuggle the animals into the US from Mexico. At least six spider monkey species living in Central and South America are considered endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. The monkeys were
Historically high ocean temperatures are threatening a colossal coral die-off in the Florida Keys. But scientists are fighting to stop it. Marine researchers expect the record-breaking hot water to last through September. To protect healthy corals, they are relocating them to deeper waters. Ken Nedimyer, coral restoration pioneer, and Katey Lesneski, research and monitoring coordinator,
It is “virtually certain” that July is going to be the world’s warmest month since records began, according to scientists. Some researchers believe it might even be the warmest month in the past 120,000 years. The UK on the other hand, has experienced milder temperatures and a fair amount of rain. BBC Weather’s Ben Rich
Fires have been spreading across the Greek Island of Rhodes, resulting in tourists being evacuated from a number of hotels. In some cases, private boats have been helping the coastguard rescue people from beaches as wildfires approached. According to one of Greece’s top meteorologists, this could turn into one of the country’s hottest July weekends
The Euclid telescope has successfully launched into space on a mission to understand some of the universe’s greatest mysteries. The €1.4bn (£1.2bn) space telescope was primed to go up on a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday. The launch is part of a mission that will make an immense 3D map of
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocket plane has carried customers into space, in its first commercial flight. The 90-minute mission was purchased for the Italian Air Force and the Italian National Research Council. The unity vehicle climbed high over the New Mexico desert to the edge of space, before gliding back down to earth. The
Two male platypuses have been caught on camera fighting for territory in Tasmania, Australia. Esme Atkinson, who filmed the video, said the animals were “ferocious” and showed no signs of stopping after 20 minutes. One expert told the BBC the male platypuses, which have venomous spurs, can become territorial ahead of the breeding season.
A 10m humpback whale has been rescued after becoming entangled in a shark net off Australia’s Gold Coast. Workers used delicate equipment to cut the whale free during the early morning operation. Environmental groups have pushed for the removal of nets during the whale migration season, which sees tens of thousands of the mammals pass
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