We share the planet with some truly impressively sized land animals in the modern day. All it takes is to look at the wildlife of the open African plains to get a taste of the megafauna that still ...

If you're an animal enthusiast, you probably know that the vast majority of animals prefer not to spend their lives in motion ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.

The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance helped make a Colorado grandmother's dream come true this week. She got the chance to ...

Analysis - Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It's a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways - and what we've found so far paints a more complicated ...

“Science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.” – François Rabelais ...

Palabek Secondary School in the northern Uganda district of Lamwo near the South Sudan border has become the centre of a campaign to increase safety precautions against lightning strikes in Uganda.

The woman, aged in her 50s, was flown to Brisbane 's Princess Alexandra Hospital following the horrific attack, which ...

A woman who was mauled by an African lion in a "horrific" attack at a zoo remains stable in hospital after losing her arm in ...

Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as food and water sources dwindle following a severe drought.

A recent talk by researcher Audrey Dewjee at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes revealed new findings on the region’s involvement in the ...