The heaviest of them, the Indian rhino, can weigh up to 2,700kg and possesses an enormous horn. But despite their ...
It may resemble a cross between some sort of bizarre alien plant and a funky Christmas decoration, but this is neither. This ...
At up to 2m in length, female blanket octopuses are at least ten thousand times heavier than the tiny 2cm-long males, which ...
While it’s certainly a possibility, it’s very, very unlikely we’ll witness a new species of human evolve in the near future.
The swamp's rivers and deep muds are treacherous and hard to navigate and sudden floods can take the unwary by surprise. With ...
The world's third-largest land mammal after the African and Asian elephants, the common hippo is no pushover. Reaching up to ...
On 2 December 2022, we discovered Sahara – then just a large lion cub, with a terrible injury. She was found with an arrow ...
Emerging in early spring from hibernacula on dry land, the males are invariably the first to arrive at the breeding sites, ...
In the flooded forests and winding rivers of South America’s vast wetlands the black caiman reigns as one of the most ...
The winners of Close-up Photographers of the Year’s (CUPOTY) ‘Death & Decay’ challenge have been announced, with top spot ...
The carnivorous marsupial is widely thought to have gone extinct on mainland Australia about 3,000 years ago. Artworks found ...
Every year, thousands of giant spider crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) aggregate in Port Phillip Bay, an enormous inlet on the ...