Environment
"They rely on sharp, curved teeth and long claws to slash and tear at their prey with astonishing force..." 10 deadliest national parks in the world
Danger in the world’s national parks comes in many different forms. It can be the wildlife, but there are other aspects that probably need greater consideration.
Scientists X-rayed ancient penguin bones from remote Antarctic island. Here’s why
Antarctica wasn’t always the freezing and ice-capped remote land we know today…
There's a strange spinning island in Argentina that's a perfect circle – and scientists know why
Approximately 120 metres wide, the floating island of El Ojo sits in Paraná Delta in the Province of Buenos Aires.
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It spans over 1 million acres, contains rare creatures and is the only place on Earth where two watery, deadly apex predators clash
Everglades National Park, in the US state of Florida, is the largest subtropical wilderness in North America
Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state’s Arctic coast, driven by climate change.
This coral reef gets bombed every 62 minutes. And it’s changing the way the ocean sounds
Researchers studied the frequency and impacts of bomb fishing, an illegal fishing practice, in the Spermonde Archipelago
They can start out as underwater volcanoes, take up to 30 million years to form – and are home to about 1 million people
From volcanic peaks to coral rings, atolls are among the strangest and most fragile landforms on Earth.
It spans hundreds of kilometres underground, was completely unexplored until the 1960s and is home to a deadly fungal disease
Even the most extensively mapped caves still hold secrets, spanning massive areas underground in mazes of passageways
The $200 million project aiming to bring 100 of the world’s rarest species back from the brink
The Phoenix Species Project is dedicated to recovering 100 critically endangered and extinct in the wild species, including a tree-dwelling salamander, a desert succulent known as the fuzzy belly button, and the bizarre-looking bowmouth guitarfish.
"Once trapped, a dolphin will struggle to escape and could die from suffocation. Even if they escape, the injuries suffered can be catastrophic"
What are ghost nets? Why do they cause so many problems and can anything done? We talk to the experts to find out
It’s twice the size of Texas, weighs more than 770 twinjets – and contains almost 2 trillion pieces of plastic
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s largest accumulation of marine plastic
"By the next day, his body had been entirely dissolved by the heat and acidity…" 10 deadliest national parks in USA
If you're thinking of visiting one of these US national parks, think twice and prepare accordingly - some of them are more dangerous than others.
It's only the size of 4 tennis courts… yet it could be the oldest place on Earth and home to some of the world's most formidable apex predators
It’s about the size of Spain, stretches 800km – and protects the planet from a whopping 5 metres of rising sea levels
The Ross Ice Shelf is in one of the most remote places on Earth, yet it holds enormous sway over coastlines thousands of miles away.
“It swam a colossal 3km to get there” – Surprising creature spotted on Alcatraz
In 2026, an unexpected animal swam from Angel Island to Alcatraz
"Water will evaporate, leaving a dry barren surface - it will become an even hotter version of Venus…" 10 ways Earth – and life on it – could die
T.S. Eliot wrote in his poem The Hollow Men that the world would end “not with a bang but a whimper” – the question is, was he right?
It contains over half of Earth’s water and all of the continents could fit into its basin in one mega-puzzle
The world’s largest ocean is home to incredible wildlife and is crucial to the Earth’s climate system
"It’s estimated that 35,000 creatures died on this beach…" 10 deadliest beaches on the planet including Skeleton Coast – world’s largest ‘ship graveyard'
It straddles two US states, contains 15,000 alligators, and is home to a snake as long as a bed
Okefenokee Swamp is the largest blackwater swamp in North America – and UNESCO's newest World Heritage Site.
There’s a cave in Kentucky that’s 426 miles long, 118 metres deep – and fish-eating spiders lurk in it
Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world – but where is it?
They contain a quarter of all freshwater on Earth – but home to hundreds of ocean-like creatures
The sprawling African Great Lakes support a high number of endemic species
It’s large enough to swallow a skyscraper, wide enough to fly a jumbo jet through, and is filled with underground clouds and a river
Hang Son Đoòng is the world’s largest natural cave and remained undiscovered until 2009
10 sinking islands that could be lost forever…
There are thousands of islands that are threatened by rising sea levels – these are just some of those that could be lost forever
