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Scientists uncover 'lost world’ beneath North Sea – once home to beavers, deer and even bears
A new study has found evidence to suggest the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland in Europe was covered in a temperate mosaic of oak, elm, and hazel more than 16,000 years ago…
"It causes confusion, comas, and extreme daytime sleepiness and without treatment, it is generally fatal" 10 deadliest, most terrifying parasites on the planet
They may be microscopic but that doesn't mean they can't be lethal. Leoma Williams takes a look at the deadliest parasites in the world, from a zombie fungus to a worm that emerges from your foot
"Totally unexpected.” Scientists just discovered yet another extraordinary thing about the platypus
It is venomous, can sense electricity and glows under UV light. Now researchers have uncovered something else remarkable about this strange, egg-laying mammal.
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The world’s longest venomous snake and a creature that smells like popcorn – meet 9 animals living in the wettest place on Earth
This remarkable place has a remarkable amount of rainfall. And as a result, the forests around it are hugely biodiverse
Angry octopus caught punching big fish in South Pacific Ocean
When scientists dropped a video camera to the seafloor off Rotuma in the South Pacific Ocean, they filmed an octopus lashing out at a grouper.
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Is rabies really 100% fatal?
“Viewers have been absolutely hooked.” Over 100,000 tune in to watch rare New Zealand parrot raising her chicks
Reality TV meets conservation – Kākāpō Cam is the most heartwarming thing you'll see all day.
It flows over 4,000 miles, crosses 11 countries – and a deadly apex predator lurks within it
The Nile crocodile is one the river's most deadly – and patient – ambush predators
"These fearless snake hunters stun their prey with rapid blows to the head, then finish them off with a bite to the neck" – 10 desert animals that thrive in extreme temperatures
From the deathstalker scorpion to the screaming hairy armadillo, meet the desert animals that thrive in extreme conditions
Bumblebee queens can survive underwater for an entire week. How they do it is incredible
The bumblebees avoid drowning by combining underwater gas exchange with anaerobic metabolism, according to a new study.
It’s 100 times the size of Yellowstone, almost entirely covered by ice and is home to the ‘Iceberg Graveyard’
Northeast Greenland National Park is a wilderness so large it's more than 100 times the size of Yellowstone
Researchers studied 184 bull sharks in Fiji – and discovered they might make friends
Scientists studying bull sharks in Fiji found that the animals may have more complex social lives than previously thought.
“Notoriously cannibalistic.” Animals are eating their own kind in this enormous US estuary
Researchers used 37 years of data to study predation on blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay. They discovered the animals are eating each other.
It plunges head-first into the ground and swims through the sand faster than an Olympic swimmer swims through water
Imagine diving into a dune and swimming off like a fish. Well here’s the sandfish that does just that.
It may look like a bridge, but this crossing isn’t made of brick or concrete – but it lasts for hundreds of years
Discover the incredible way humans use trees in this remote forest in India
It has brilliantly-coloured buttocks, electric blue faces and weighs the same as a Labrador
Learn all about one of the world's most colourful monkey, the mandrill including what it eats and the threats it faces
Huge carnivores are roaming the streets of this Ethiopian city. What they're doing could be saving people $100,000 USD per year
In the city of Mekelle, hyenas and other urban scavengers are helping save the waste disposal sector money while also curbing carbon emissions, new study finds.
"I believe it may have fallen from someone’s grocery bag.” Scientist finds unlikely creature in US parking lot – and only has one thing on his mind...
The microscopy expert put the big-clawed animal through his micro-CT scanner, creating an incredibly detailed image of its body.
Stunning wildflower 'superbloom' sweeps through Death Valley. It's the best display in a decade
The hottest place on the planet has transformed into a sea of colour, as desert gold and notch-leaf phacelia flowers fill the valley floor.
This river giant can grow over 1m long, weigh more than 5kg and lay an astonishing 500,000 eggs
Meet the mighty northern pike.
There is only one place on Earth where crocodiles and alligators live together in the wild – and it's here
Can crocodiles and alligators co-exist in the wild? The answer is yes – but there is only one place on the planet where this happens.
9 brutal insect photos that show how these ruthless predators sting, swarm and devour their prey
These incredible images demonstrate the brutality of the creepy crawly and how they can overpower prey
It weighs as much as a piano and is nearly as tall as a basketball hoop: The 10 biggest, heaviest birds on the planet
You wouldn’t want to find these beasts at your bird feeder…
It’s almost the size of the US, spans 11 countries and is home to a creature that looks like a sabre-toothed sausage
The Sahara Desert is one of the world's most inhospitable places – with some astonishing wildlife
