Paddle pups working to save one of Australia's most iconic creatures. Victorian scientists enlist sniffer dogs on paddleboards to locate platypus in the wild and increase knowledge of the iconic species without damaging their habitat.

Once-in-a-lifetime finding of incredibly rare humbug pygmy shrew photographed in Cornwall. An extremely rare pygmy shrew with an albino mutation was found by Anita McMillan near St Austell, Cornwall, while out for a walk.

Post mushroom trial, experts suggest changes to location sharing on iNaturalist. Experts are weighing up whether to continue posting the locations of poisonous mushrooms on public databases like iNaturalist in the wake of the Erin Patterson trial. On the one hand, posting the locations of poisonous mushrooms on on public databases like iNaturalist reduces the chance of accidental poisonings of mushroom foragers. On the other hand, posting the locations of poisonous mushrooms on on public databases like iNaturalist increases the risk of deliberate poisonings that are murder or suicide.

This beautiful performance takes place at the end of a hospital bed. A South Australian theatre group has devised a new show, The Lensical, that provides young long-term patients with a thrilling bedside spectacle.

Barn owls a hit in farm anti-poisons pilot project. With the imminent release of a review into the risks of rodent bait in Australia, an award-winning initiative uses barn owls as a natural alternative to controlling rats and mice on farms.

This London Museum Lets You Order Objects From Its Vast Collections—and Maybe Even Touch Them. At the new V&A East Storehouse, visitors can get up close and personal with 250,000 historic and culturally significant items spanning 5,000 years of human creativity.

Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks. A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function across all ten participants in the study. The therapy worked best in young children but still benefited adults, with one 7-year-old girl regaining almost full hearing. Even more exciting: this is just the start, as scientists now aim to target other genes that cause more common forms of deafness.

Capybaras trying to walk on ice.