Wildlife

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, March 28, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking to the media on March 27, after attending a G-7 meeting in France.

Whale filmed giving birth, with a little help from her friends

Female sperm whales work together to hold a newborn calf above the water until it is able to swim on its own.

Mexican navy says petroleum tanker, natural seabed likely caused Gulf coast spill

Members of the Mexican navy clean black tar slicks from the shoreline, amid local fears that more crude oil could wash ashore nearly a month after the first signs of contamination were detected in the states of Veracruz and Tabasco, in Veracruz, Mexico, March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos

The Conscious Traveller

In Nepal’s Bardiya National Park, rising tiger numbers bring new challenges

Sal forest, Bardiya National Park. The park in Nepal’s remote south-west offers superb wildlife viewing without the crowds, and is becoming one of Asia’s best places to see these wild cats.

Commentary

What do reactions to peregrine falcons, tapirs, crows, cicadas tell of S’poreans’ links to nature?

The differential treatment of animals such as the falcons, tapir, cicadas and crows highlights the tricky relationship that Singapore residents have with wildlife.

Otterly fearless: Romp of otters face off crocodile in Sungei Buloh

The crocodile was seen snapping at the otters several times, but the semi-aquatic creatures were able to deftly flee from its huge jaws.

Stranded juvenile whale found dead along Sabah beach

The Bryde’s Whale that was stranded and died along Tanjung Aru Beach 3 in Kota Kinabalu.

‘Rarer than striking lottery’: Cyclist spots Malayan tapir in Lorong Halus

Mr Eric Teo told The Straits Times that the size of the tapir was slightly bigger than half a normal sedan.

Wild possum shelters with plush toys in Australian airport shop

Staff at Hobart Airport in Australia’s Tasmania state said the disoriented marsupial was spotted among the stuffed toys on March 18.

Kenyan court charges two men including Chinese citizen with smuggling live ants

FILE PHOTO: Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national appeared for the hearing of their case, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Law Courts, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

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