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

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

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

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

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

Yes and no – and sort of, says Ellen Husain. Ground-dwelling kangaroos have a specialised pentapedal' locomotion, in which ...

A new study has revealed that giant clams are thriving in American Sāmoa thanks to protections from traditional community ...

New research reveals that orcas around the island of Hokkaido can be split into two distinct forms, offering conservationists ...

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 ...

However, size alone doesn't make sperm whales immune to becoming prey themselves. Their main foes are killer whales, while ...

I’ve learned how to befriend an octopus. I keep still, present my hand and pretend not to look directly at it. It eventually ...

It may sound freaky, but the Japanese yellow swallowtail butterfly can actually 'see' with its genitals. Twenty years ago, ...