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What’s the longest living land animal? Meet the ‘giant’ that’s older than Yellowstone National Park
Jonathan is thought to be born in 1832 and resides on a volcanic island in the South Atlantic ocean
Satellite images reveal hidden cause of melting glaciers in Greenland
A new study has found that meltwater lakes at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet are accelerating the flow of major glaciers, potentially contributing to global sea level rise.
“That’s never going to heal.” A lion suffers a broken leg in Botswana. Will he be able to survive?
In north Botswana, there’s a lion who has faced an extraordinary set of challenges – and conquered them all
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"It makes one or two priming pumps of its abdomen, before starting to secrete the first of many clear liquid droplets from its anus..."
Nick Baker takes a look at cuckoo spit, a common sight in our countryside also known as spittlebugs, and its role in protecting and nourishing the juvenile common froghopper
6 biggest spiders in the UK, including one with a humongous 7cm leg-span: look for them in canals, gardens, ditches... and under your bed
Don't be fooled in thinking large spiders live on exotic shores as the UK is home to a few giants..
"Just like that, ‘plonk’, I had an exhausted and soaking wet adult badger on my lap..."
In the aftermath of floods in Upton-on-Severn, a valiant badger rescue mission unfolds. Louise McGowan from Nature England reports on this heart-warming tale.
“It was just bones all over the floor.” Fossil hunters make astounding discovery in Texan water cave
A flooded cave in central Texas has yielded the remains of Ice Age animals that have never been found in the region before…
They sleep for just 30 minutes a night and only drink a couple of times a week... 15 crazy facts about the world's tallest animal
Impress your family and friends with your giraffe knowledge
"She emerges, not looking like a moth at all, but rather a peculiar pale thing with reduced legs and antennae that you could easily mistake for a maggot..."
Nick Baker takes a look at the weird and fascinating life of a bagworm
What’s the fastest land mammal in Australia? It can outpace a human thanks to giant ‘springs’ in its legs
It can outrun a human and has giant spring-like legs – meet the quickest terrestrial mammal Down Under
How long can a fish live out of water? Meet one weird fish that can survive two months on dry land...
The amount of time a fish can survive out of water depends on the type of fish, and there is one species that is particularly adept...
How do birds sleep? Can they sleep when flying? And why don't they fall out of trees when asleep?
How do birds sleep? Can they sleep when flying? And how do they sleep in trees without falling out? A lot depends on the species.
When 30 tiny concrete 'apartments' popped up in an Australian rainforest, a bunch of elusive animals moved in
Scientists built tiny shelters for ground-dwelling frogs in Queensland to see which ones they liked the best. Here's what they discovered...
"It looks like an extra-terrestrial being that fell to Earth and behaves like a subterranean vampire." 10 weirdest, wackiest plants on the planet...
Meet some of the weirdest and oddest plants on Earth.
15 brutal, savage wildlife photos showing wild animals at their most ferocious and powerful
Brutal animals are those defined by their power, aggression, or deadly impact – whether through sheer strength, sharp weapons, or silent disease.
"Its iridescent green head and wings, spiky crest, blood-red breast, and flamboyant twin tail plumes, is like a carnival dancer." In the forests of Guatemala lives an elusive creature few will ever see
Guatemala's national bird is one of the hidden gems of Central America. Read the story of one woman's quest to track it down in the cloud forest
"People still believe there’s a ticking human population time-bomb," says Gillian Burke
Springwatch presenter, Gillian Burke, explores the complex issue of our planet's population growth
What’s the fastest land mammal in the Americas? Meet the speed demon that could outrun a cheetah in a long-distance race
We all know that the fastest animal in the world is the cheetah – but what about the Americas?
"It has two, whopping, 22cm-long fangs that give it the look of an aquatic saber tooth tiger."10 deadly, utterly terrifying prehistoric fish
The saying ‘there’s always a bigger fish’ rings particularly true when looking at these monsters from prehistory…
It's bigger than London, teeming with a staggering 30,000 dangerous alligators and is one of the deadliest lakes on the planet
it's not advisable to swim in this lake...
It's famous as one of the world’s deadliest flowers – but it became a miracle treatment that changed medicine forever
How one plant revolutionised heart treatment after one curious doctor tested it on himself.
They can have 30,000 teeth and some really do die if they stop swimming: 35 incredible, hard-to-believe, fascinating shark facts
Celebrate the wonder and variety of sharks, an ancient and much-misunderstood fish.
It's as big as Belgium, 25 million years old, 10 times deeper than the English Channel - and home to an animal that exists nowhere else on the planet
"It has five limbs covered in hundreds of hydraulic, rubbery feet and no head – or even a defined front, back, left or right" – what on Earth are echinoderms?
Stuart Blackman explains all you need to know about echinoderms and how they evolved
