In Patagonia, killer whales snatch seal lion pups from the shore. But as Steve Backshall recalls, these apex predators don’t ...

According to co-author Brenton Cooper, a neuroscientist who studies speech and language, cowbirds briefly hold their breath ...

Ostriches are also known as camel birds, because they are said to resemble the humped mammal from a distance, and are equally ...

I have fails all the time. Some are my own fault, such as the occasion I dropped a 600mm lens into a river; others are down ...

During a night dive in Bali, an underwater photographer happened upon a fascinating example of symbiosis between a carrier ...

Conservation charity Fauna & Flora has released its 2026 Species to Watch list, which spotlights some of the most endangered ...

Did mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers and other Ice Age megafauna face a similar, impact-induced fate to the dinosaurs? That’s ...

Suddenly but silently, as if defying the laws of physics, a bull elephant appeared from the bush just metres from our vehicle ...

Learn all about the unmistakable pilot whale, from their diet and size to life in the pod and why, sadly, they're prone to ...

Hercules the bear was a trained grizzly bear from Scotland. He became famous for his wrestling act with Andy Robin and later ...

Most importantly, newly hatched termites are miniature, mobile versions of the adults and immediately join in the nest processes, whereas ants have legless, maggot-like larvae that have to be fed by ...

“Fighting tunnel vision, dizziness and an elevated heart rate, I stumbled back down the trail and narrowly avoided passing ...