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A tree that grows underground? Discover the trees that grow trunks, fruit and even flowers below the earth
Whether for wildfire dodging or sucking up moisture, growing underground is a clever tactic for trees in remote savannahs and sandy environments.
Did you know an animal has been named after Donald Trump?
How a resemblance to Donald Trump inspired the name for an unknown moth species in the USA.
Sharks in rivers? Oh yes… Meet the rare predators lurking beneath the surface
They’re exceptionally rare, have teeny eyes and can survive in freshwater. Meet the river sharks
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Nature’s deadliest secret weapons and lethal ballistics, including a creature that can fire needles laced with toxins
Plenty of animals, plants and fungi launch explosive projectiles – here's how they do it
Deep-sea robot discovers mysterious golden orb 3,200m deep in the ocean – and scientists were stunned by what it really was
Here's why NOAA were so baffled by their discovery
9 staggering lion photos that showcase the raw, brutal power and savage majesty of these deadly apex predators
These incredible images of lions will take your breath away!
Can any other great apes - other than us that is - keep secrets?
Is keeping secrets a truly human trait? Stuart Blackman investigates
"I shudder to think how often I’ve courted disaster, unknowingly, like this…"
two hunters narrowly escape an encounter with a hungry polar bear in alaska.
What to do if a snake bites you
If you get bitten by a snake stay calm, seek medical treatment and follow the following steps on your way to the hospital
It might sound sweet – but actually it's anything but as your garden robin is sending out a warning
Robins sing all year round, but their songs become more of a warning call in winter
"It was the length of 4 Ford Focus estate cars parked bumper to bumper and a ferocious super-predator able to seize substantial prey in its powerful jaws"
Megaladon was three times the length of a great white and ruled the ocean for millions of years. Here's what you need to know about this phenomenal fish.
It was the size of a small car, had deadly teeth that looked like a guillotine and the biting power of a T rex
Crocodile fish ARE real – and they can create a deadly vortex that sucks prey right into their gaping mouths
The scary-sounding crocodile fish is actually shy and “will likely bolt upon seeing a human,” researchers say
Researchers watched these elusive cats for 13 years – and made a surprising discovery
Jaguars are abundant in the wetlands of west-central Brazil – a new study reveals how they interact with each other, and much more.
In order to mate, hundreds of males cluster tightly around the female to make a ‘mating ball' before she escapes underground
Ivy bees have an interesting and altogether different lifestyle to honey bees
"Invisible armour and giant eyes…" It can grow to the size of a human hand, swims through the ocean unseen and lives at depths of around 1,500 metres
Open water animals in the deep sea are dangerously exposed to predators but this one swims through the ocean totally unseen thanks to some special attributes.
Researchers dropped a camera into a murky river in the Amazon – then a rare and peculiar animal appeared
A pod of enigmatic creatures emerged from the darkness and began playing in front of the camera.
Invasive rabbits were removed from an island in Chile – then something "extraordinary" happened
In just over 10 years, the population of Peruvian diving petrels on Choros Island soared from 12,000 breeding pairs to nearly 90,000, offering hope in a time of global seabird declines.
It's the same size as Uruguay, can reach a blistering 95°C and is home to a deadly 3 metre snake, capable of injecting massive volumes of potent venom
Stretching across the heart of Australia’s red centre, the Simpson Desert is a land of seemingly endless dunes, vast horizons and extraordinary isolation
The seals that shouldn't exist: How did 100,000 end up trapped in the middle of Siberia, a whopping 2,000 miles from the ocean?
How on Earth did the Baikal seal reach a lake in the middle of Russia?
Scientists find red blood cells in dinosaur bone in "landmark discovery"
Researchers have uncovered unequivocal evidence of fossilised red blood cells inside a 115-million-year-old dinosaur bone.
"It binds to a victim’s nerve cells, blocking signals and causing paralysis and death by suffocation." 6 most venomous, dangerous fish on the planet
These fish are best avoided...
Before flowers, grass or even dinosaurs, Earth had forests unlike anything alive today – and their inhabitants were truly terrifying
Our planet hasn’t always been a lush and verdant world; in fact, for the first four billion years of its history, its surface better resembled that of Mars…
"She lies motionless on the operating table in front of me, her extraordinary armour of overlapping scales rising along her back"
Nada Farhoud writes about her experience witnessing an important pangolin rescue effort
