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Know your Zygomorphic & Bioacoustics from your Anthropocene & Neotony? 81 strange, bizarre scientific & biological terms you probably don't know...
Have you ever puzzled over the meaning of a particular wildlife word or phrase? Then puzzle no more! From the 'Fraser Darling effect' to the 'K-T Boundary', our glossary provides the explanation – in plain, simple English.
Microplastics found in testicles, kidneys, livers, placentas, and even a toddler's poo... how worried should we be?
Are microplastics actually in our brains, and how worried should we be about it?
"They jump 20ft from ledge to ledge, climb slopes at up to 15mph and even turn mid-air…" Meet the world's best climbers for whom gravity just gets in the way
These animals scale their heights with no ropes or harnesses.
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Researchers tested the cognitive ability of apes – and it could change the way we think of intelligence
Scientists may have been asking the wrong questions about ape intelligence
It looks like a tomato, has a very weird tongue, and can produce some extremely nasty secretions
Meet the extraordinary tomato frog – one of Madagascar's strangest creatures.
It has a grumpy-looking face, formidable jaws and a 'worm' on its head – meet the unbelievably bizarre hairy frogfish
This contender for the fastest-eating fish lures prey with a fin disguised as a worm.
They have secret teeth, can grow 3m long and are covered in slime. Moray eels are awesome – and these 13 incredible photos prove it
These moray eel images are absolutely breathtaking.
It looks like a wolf, acts like a wolf – but don't be fooled this is no wolf...
All you ever needed to know about the coyote
The 3-metre, 200kg torpedo with bullet-deflecting scales and a fiery reputation that can deliver quite a punch to humans
6 dangerous, deadly fish you'll never see – UNTIL it's too late... "Their danger predominantly lies in their ability to totally disguise themselves on the seabed"
Nature is full of oddballs – including these peculiar-looking fish that have adapted to their environments
Huge, often carnivorous and formidable predators: 10 biggest lizards in the world
Lizards are found on all continents apart from Antarctica and the largest ones are huge monsters. Here are ten of the biggest lizards
It has spindly legs, massive ears and bulging eyes – and it buzzes and whistles. Meet the bizarre-looking gerenuk
It looks adorable and very delicate – but is anything but. Here's our beginner's guide to the giraffe gazelle, or gerenuk.
Do birds pee as well as poo?
When it comes to excretions, birds do a two-for-one deal
"its enormous jaws can expand dramatically, creating a balloon-like head..." 10 weirdest, eeriest eels on the planet, including one that generates a deadly 600 volts
Eels are among the ocean's most mysterious inhabitants, with more than 1,000 species found in habitats ranging from tropical coral reefs to the depths of the deep sea.
"They hide close to where you sleep and feed when the opportunity arises. Once it reaches skin, it uses piercing, sucking mouthparts to draw blood"
All you ever needed to know about the infamous bed bug
"He described animals swallowing 94°C water and cooking from the inside out, boiled alive, before being able to escape." 10 deadliest rivers in the world
You don't want total a dip in these rivers
"If a person inadvertently touches this larva's bristles, they can suffer massive internal haemorrhaging, renal failure, haemolysis – and even death"
“An agonising way to die: it causes whole body convulsions, and the victim is painfully and horribly aware…”
Also called the Asian vomit button tree, the strychnine tree contains one of nature’s deadliest poisons, famously featured in many mystery novels.
The world's most house-damaging pest has reached Britain before – could it happen again?
Despite their diminutive size, these ant lookalikes are capable of destroying a house, but just how common are termites in the UK?
What's the loudest spider on Earth? This record-breaking arachnid is so noisy it can be heard by humans
Think spiders are silent? Think again. One species is so loud it can be heard by humans several metres away.
"These giant apex predators are the size of a small car, as fast as a galloping horse, and have jaws strong enough to crush bones.“ 10 deadliest animals in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is the world’s oldest national park and home to some of North America’s largest and fiercest megafauna…
Could a 2m river monster with an enormous head, fearsome teeth and a body shaped like an 'elongated pig', have started preying on humans?
The giant killer catfish that feasts on the dead and the living
The ocean's hidden, deadly killer: Why thriving seas can suddenly die and turn into mass underwater graveyards
Suffocated ecosystems, seizures and death: how deadly algae can wreak havoc on beaches around the world – and what can be done to prevent it
"Its eyestalks pulsate and throb in high-contrast patterns of green, black and red in a light show fit for Mardi Gras..."
Nick Baker takes a look at the fascinating life of a green banded broodsac, which turns snails into disco zombies
