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"Suddenly, I feel vulnerable. Darwin doesn’t look very pleased and he is pumped full of sex hormones: he is not an elephant you want to upset"
There’s more to life as a young male elephant than we thought. Kate Evans reveals a strangely familiar world of teenage gangs, raging hormones and bossy dads
Drowned at the end of the Ice Age: The flooded abyss longer than the Grand Canyon and teeming with hundreds of creatures, from mammals to reptiles
The world’s longest underwater cave system can be found in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula – but which one is it?
It’s taller than the Statue of Liberty, older than the Roman Empire –and faces a deadly threat
3 trees in New Zealand’s Waipoua Forest were already ancient centuries before Europeans arrived on these shores.
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Do any animals hold funerals?
Humans are not the only animals that mark death – across the animal kingdom, scientists have documented behaviours that seem remarkably similar to mourning, vigils and even funerals.
Remains of 25m-long Diplodocus discovered in Spain. It’s the first evidence of the iconic dino outside the US
This discovery challenges our understanding of dinosaur distribution in the Late Jurassic period.
Why do whales hurl themselves out of the ocean? 6 theories behind their spectacular aerial acrobatics
Find out at why whales breach, with the experts from Whale and Dolphin Conservation
"Suddenly, one of them was behind me. I heard rips and the sound of planks dropping coming from my room. It was breaking through the wooden window."
Wildlife biologist Stephanie Schuttler had a shocking wake-up call when a herd of angry giants paid a visit.
“The wildest continent on our planet.” New Nat Geo TV series showcases never-seen-before species and behaviours
Africa Earth’s Wild Home is the first series in a multi-year franchise
This river contains around 500 deadly saltwater crocodiles. It’s just been approved for the rowing and canoeing events at the Brisbane Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has endorsed the Fitzroy River course for the 2032 Olympics.
"One is like a motorbike while the other is a pushbike…" What's the difference between cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals?
JV Chamary explains all you need to know about thermoregulation and the differences between cold-blooded animals and warm-blooded ones
They're one of the largest animals to have ever lived on Earth – yet somehow they survive on a diet of tiny animals
Despite being some of the largest animals in the ocean (and Earth), whales feast on miniature animals – why?
How this bird changes colour almost overnight without moulting – the truth is truly remarkable
The male chaffinch has a clever trick for making its plumage seem brighter come spring says Nick Baker
It chases fish until they vomit – then devours their sick
Bubbles the dolphin is a familiar face at Lady Elliot Island in Australia, but a new scientific paper is making him famous for something very unusual: eating fish vomit.
"Once a target is locked, it transitions from a dead standstill into a rapid dive, accelerating dramatically to 60 mph"
Kestrels, a relatively small bird of prey, are on the Amber List of conservation and their numbers are still on the decline
A harvest for the wild: how responsible wild harvesting helps regeneration
Wild harvesting can help to protect landscapes while supporting the communities who depend on it
Strange purring sound heard on Hawaiian reef – and we're not sure what's causing it
Marine researchers are using unsupervised AI algorithms to identify marine animals based on the noises they make. But not all the sounds they pick up can be identified.
Scientists have brought a 170-million-year-old Jurassic forest back to life – and you can hear what it sounded like
It’s impossible to go back in time to the Jurassic, but thanks to a new study you can sit back and listen to what a forest during this period may have sounded like…
"Using a pincer movement to prevent their prey’s escape and increasing their speed to the max, the hunters drove them directly onto the beach"
The Galápagos sea lion is the most inquisitive mammal of the Galápagos Islands. Learn more about this endangered species in our guide by experts from the Galapagos Conservation Trust.
Could you have outrun tyrannosaurus rex? Potentially, say experts
Analysis of a unique set of dinosaur footprints from 66 million years ago offers proof of the speeds the animals might have travelled.
"In a gloriously tragic act of self-sacrifice, she stops eating and dies of starvation before her young hatch".
Mother octopuses never meet their babies, as they stop eating and die of starvation before the young hatch. However, that’s probably a good thing.
It might look like it’s raising its arms in welcome, but if you see this, you should run – this wide-eyed cutie is ready to unleash a deadly bite
The slow loris has large eyes, a big brain, looks incredibly cute, but don't be fooled as it is absolutely deadly and among the few venomous mammals
New species of wild cat discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest
Leopardus tilcayo is the first wild cat species described by scientists in more than a century
Why do we grow old and die when some animals barely age and others can live forever?
Why do living things age? Does anything ever truly live forever? Evolutionary biologist and BBC Wildlife columnist JV Chamary explains the process of ageing.
"Bites result in grotesque swellings - medical amputations of digits and limbs are not uncommon…" 10 deadliest snakes in Africa
The long-and-short and thick-and-thin of Africa’s deadliest snakes.
