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Experts uncover a truly bizarre prehistoric animal – with teeth like a seal, a platypus-like pelvis and the tail of an otter
The discovery of this platypus-like ancient animal sheds new light on the early evolution of mammals.
From New York to Mexico City, some of Earth's biggest cities are sinking, say scientists
A growing number of cities are sinking due to land subsidence, putting people and wildlife at risk, according to a new study.
10 giant animals that started out tiny – including an elephant the size of a house cat and a rhino no bigger than a pet dog
From miniature to massive, evolution has supersized these animals and made them some of the largest of their kind to ever exist…
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"It was just a normal dive." Then they saw this
Leopard sharks (sometimes called zebra sharks) are an exciting sight in Indonesian waters – and this one had a rare genetic condition.
"Scientists are unsure how many exist or how rare they are." Drone captures elusive animal the length of a shipping container hunting in Indonesia
Omura’s whales are filter feeders that snack on enormous mouthfuls of tiny krill.
“Ghostly" ocean giant spotted at intersection of Pacific and Indian oceans
The unusually pattern marine creature was seen in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
”It grabbed one from a stall, then wandered down the street – tentacles dangling from its beak”
We’ve all heard about the mice living in
windmills in old Amsterdam, but what
about the herons in fish markets?
10 deadliest dogs on Earth: Discover the world's most ferocious and savage wild canine hunters
Meet the world's deadliest canines who are some of the world's most effective hunters
It cost an eye-watering $40,000 to sink this ship and turn it into a reef – and the costly reason weighed less than a pineapple
The USS Kittiwake served for around 50 years and now delights divers in the Cayman Islands
20 incredible, heartwarming photos of the world’s tallest animal – from a vulnerable baby looking up at its parent to groups striding across the plains
Remembering Giraffes is the 11th book in the Remembering Wildlife fundraising series, which aims to raise awareness of at-risk species through powerful photography
"They have normal-sized bird lungs, yet can remain submerged for 20 minutes or more and dive hundreds of metres deep, all on a single breath of air"
Penguins can dive hundreds of metres deep, all on a single breath of air. just how do they do it?
"Its skin and blubber combined can account for nearly half its entire body mass. That’s more than half a tonne and their bodies seem to spread out in all directions."
Just why do walruses look so flabby - and lumbering on land? Stuart Blackman takes a look
It has iron-coated razor-sharp teeth, weighs the same as a keg of beer and delivers its deadly venom by raking its teeth through its prey’s flesh
Komodo dragons have inspired myths and legends for centuries. We take a look at the fearsome predator
Do animals laugh like us?
Can animals laugh? Sophie Scott takes a look at the evidence
Incredible footage shows thousands of sharks swimming “like a mighty river” in Japan
The sharks were filmed in the waters around Mikomoto Island, a small uninhabited island just 15-minutes by boat from the southernmost town on Japan's Izu Peninsula.
"They used their deadly, 12 inch teeth – as sharp as steak knives – to slash open their prey’s necks or tear open their bellies"
After T.rex, there are few prehistoric predators more infamous than sabre-toothed cats…
Where 160 billion tonnes of raging water surge as high as a 5 storey building at 10mph – and whales gather in their thousands
160 billion tonnes of seawater rush in and out of this bay twice a day, reaching such intense speeds that it sounds like a train
“'Gus' sold for an eye-watering $50.1 million - that's more than a luxury penthouse on Billionaires' Row in New York…" 10 most expensive fossils ever sold
If you have enough money, you really can display an almost complete, 67-million-year-old T.rex in your living room…
“This was just one of two blue- tongues stuffed inside that DVD player. Another package was detected containing more blue-tongues bound with tape"
Documenting the illegal trade in Australian reptiles, Doug encountered native lizards concealed in electrical equipment.
"The idea was that they would inhale the spores and become infected. And they did — most died within days. The island was then burned to kill the spores"
Once a wartime bioweapons range, Gruinard Island is now home to grazing sheep, nesting oystercatchers and visiting sea eagles. Its past is far darker.
What on Earth Is a Ring Species – and why can’t some populations interbreed?
What makes a ring species so special and how do they demonstrate evolution
"It can cause immediate, excruciating pain." Which animal has the world's fastest-acting venom? The answer isn't what you think
From neurotoxins that trigger rapid paralysis to stings that inflict immediate pain, nature’s speediest chemical weapons aren’t always designed to kill.
“He was struggling to stay afloat and clearly distressed…” Watch emotional whale rescue that broke the internet and cost a whopping 6 figures
Having spent more than 24 hours snared in a subsea cable, this humpback was finally set free – but saving his life came at a price.
“As far as I know, this is the first image of a wolf on the Mediterranean shore”
Italian wolves have come a long way since numbers dwindled towards extinction – far enough to feel the sand between their toes.
