Vertebrates

The whale shark's mouth may not seem like the most welcoming home environment, but Japanese researchers have found that there is no place like this for a newly discovered shrimp-like creature.

Nature and wildlife photographer İdris Ölmez, who is working for the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, photographed fallow deer at the foothills of the Taurus Mountains. He said he waited for some four hours without moving to not scare the animal and get an image.

The humpback whale, seen in the River Thames, was found dead east of London between Crayford Ness and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, Dartford and will be autopsied, Reuters reported.

The 10m long whale was found dead in the shallows in Greenhithe, Kent, yesterday and was transported to London during the night.

The London Zoo will investigate the cause of the whale's death.

The number of endangered caretta caretta (loggerhead) sea turtles broke a record this year on the 18-kilometer ancient Patara beach in the southern province of Antalya.

Over 70,000 baby sea turtles crawled into the sea from Turkey's Mediterranean coast this year, an official said on Oct. 8.

A 67-year-old man died on Monday morning after being accidentally shot during a wild boar hunt in a forested area between the northern Greek towns of Kozani and Florina on Sunday.
According to reporters, a fellow hunter mistook him for their quarry.
He was rushed to a hospital in the town of Ptolemaida, where he underwent surgery but died.

With oak and chestnut forests, waterfalls and rugged coastline, Samothraki has a wild beauty and a remoteness that sets it apart from other Greek islands.

Employees of the "Russian Arctic" Park of the Franz Joseph Land Archipelago have come across a rare find - a skull of a whale of a narwhal with a human-sized horn weighing more than 20 kilograms, according to the reserve's press service.

Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean's most awe-inspiring creatures who have themselves become prey to commercial fishing and the Chinese appetite for shark fin soup.

Scientists may be able to save the northern white rhinos from extinction after successfully harvesting two eggs from the last two remaining animals.