Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, something extraordinary was caught on camera. Researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) filmed a black-coated jaguar mating with a spotted jaguar in Serra do Pardo National Park. This rare moment offers a new glimpse into the secret world of one of the most elusive predators on Earth. Understanding black jaguars – the basics …
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In world-first footage, researchers have captured a wild black-coated jaguar mating with a spotted jaguar deep in the Brazilian Amazon. The big cats are notoriously elusive, hence this latest breakthrough provides much-needed insight into their courtship and mating interactions, which could inform future conservation strategies. “We hit the proverbial jackpot and captured the first ever video trap footage of a …
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Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes pink. The male leopard seal wakes and slips from the ice into the water. There, he’ll spend the night singing underwater amongst the floating ice floes. For the next two months he sings every night. He will sing so loudly, the ice around him vibrates. Each song is a sequence of trills …
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Around 100 million years ago, male dinosaurs entered a “mating arena” in Colorado and danced their hearts out to attract females, a new study suggests. Researchers uncovered a series of mating display scrapes preserved on the surface of rocks at Dinosaur Ridge in Jefferson County, Colorado. The state is known for dinosaur track sites, with previous studies suggesting that dinosaurs …
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