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The shark that can walk in and out of water…
There are a few species of 'walking' fish, but did you know there was a walking shark? Read on...
It looks like a bundled-up sheet of bubble wrap or a weird ball of jelly bubbles and often washes up on beaches – but what on earth is it?
"It resembled a biplane when airborne, with a wingspan that measured a massive 7m across. It was incredibly heavy too; tipping the scales at 72kg"
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Its deadly sting causes paralysis and 2,600 deaths a year…
Do scorpions deserve their fearsome reputation? Stuart Blackman takes a look
It's as long as a stretched limo and swings its lethal chainsaw snout from side to side to slice its prey in half
Largetooth sawfish are one of the most unusual-looking creatures in the sea but their iconic snout also puts them at risk from humans
"It's believed that something went terribly wrong and the mother died while giving birth..." 7 groundbreaking fossil discoveries that changed the world
The trailblazing discoveries that have changed the way we understand life on planet Earth
It looked like a cat and acted like a cat – but this cat was different. It was the first-ever cat on the planet – the ancestor of all cats today…
This isn’t the kind of furball you’d want sitting on your lap…
He thought he was just filming a strange sea creature – BUT then it did something completely unexpected…
Photographer Ian Haggerty stumbled across the bizarre-looking sea cucumber while exploring a reef.
Nature's deadliest poisons and toxins can kill in minutes – here's the terrifying reason why…
The words toxin and venom are often used interchangeably, but actually mean two different things says JV Chamary explains
Inside the incredible underwater cities, filled with apartment blocks, that stretch along a massive 150km of coastline
These snails stay in one spot for life and build tiny apartments that support lots of other sea creatures
"It's as secretive as a ghost, so secretive that, prior to 2012, it had never been photographed." When India's grumpiest cat moved into a house, the family moved out
On the edge of a remote mountain slope in northern India, a secretive cat becomes part of village life. Wildlife photographer Puskar Basu heads into the Himalayan mountains to find it.
"It oozes gross, sticky mucus that paralyses prey before sucking it back in…" A bizarre predator that's as long as a sperm whale, but as thin as tagliatelle
Bootlace worms are around as wide as a piece of tagliatelle but are said to grow longer than a blue whale
What if hobbits were real? Meet the tiny human species that actually existed…
Don’t let their small stature fool you - these ‘hobbits’
were among the deadliest predators to stalk their jungle island home.
“It can cause blurred vision, irregular heartbeat, low blood pressure and potential fatality…”
On the remote island of Socotra, you’ll find a beautiful tree that hides a deadly secret
"It sounds like a dog barking and howls like a human in pain." 10 of the weirdest, strangest owls on the planet, including a lookalike imposter…
Think owls are kind of weird looking? Here are the weirdest-looking owls around, from the tiny elf owl to the owl that looks like it's wearing spectacles.
"It feeds on your blood for a week before you even notice – and then leaves behind a rare and life-threatening disease…"
Carried by the lone star tick, the Bourbon virus mimics Lyme disease closely enough to slip past diagnosis entirely.
"It will slowly consume their host from the inside-out, leaving only the essential organs, to keep the surrogate womb ticking over…"
Life gets pretty grim for a caterpillar if it becomes infected with a parasitic wasp says Nick Baker? Who says zombies aren't real?
Deep-sea scientists filmed something hugely astonishing and very rarely seen gliding over the seafloor in Chile
Extraordinary footage of a mother squid carrying her eggs
Did elephants and mammoths co-exist?
Can a snake bite through your boots?
It depends on the boot say experts…
"it wraps its arms around the victim, grips tight with its thousands of tiny tube feet and pulls hard. Next it forces one of its stomachs out of its mouth…"
The common starfish has two stomachs – and it forces one of them out of its mouth to consume prey.
Why on Earth do flamingoes stand on one leg?
Have you noticed that lots of flamingos and other water birds often stand on one leg? Mike Toms explains why...
Watching a shark hunt prey was amazing enough – but then it plunged its nose into the reef… What was it after?
“In dragon society, size is everything.” Watch the dramatic moment two huge, venomous lizards clash over a mate
On the Indonesian island of Komodo, the world’s largest lizard competes in incredible fights to earn mating rights
