That might give pets a free pass, but those by-products could be put to other uses, such as being burned for energy. When ...

While it rarely slips out of hiding, it regulates its temperature with a sort of ‘cryptic basking’ called thigmothermy, ...

Some snails, such as a tiny land species called Tornatellides boeningi, can withstand being eaten by birds. Researchers in Japan noticed them still alive in bird faeces and experi ...

Researchers studied more than 100 species of anglerfish to learn more about the secrets of their legendary lures.

Look out for shoals of tiger-striped perch lingering in the sun-warmed shallows of lakes and rivers. These fish spawn in ...

The author John Steinbeck wrote “All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” But are we the only species to ...

Every year, thousands of giant spider crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) aggregate in Port Phillip Bay, an enormous inlet on the ...

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 ...

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 ...