Here are 10 of the most effective predators in the ocean – and you might be surprised which one comes out on top ...

New stubfoots turn up regularly (the striking pink and black Nassau harlequin toad was discovered in 2006, in the forested ...

Coiled in self-defence, this armoured creature – the armadillo girdled lizard – turns its body into a formidable fortress to ...

The Apennines are a rugged chain of mountains stretching down the spine of Italy, with deep forests roamed by wolves and ...

Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter ...

The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore ...

Males deliver their sperm with a penis-like anal fin, which cannot be retracted. Well-endowed males are more likely to ...

After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length ...

This ground-loving species flies only sparingly, except when on migration or during courtship, and does not usually wade.

The relationship between oxpeckers and the large mammals from which they pick ticks is a complex one. It was long thought to ...

The scientists had an inkling there might be some hydrothermal activity in this region but, despite several research trips in ...

Seals’ bodies are exquisitely adapted for their marine environment – one such adaptation is how they restrict the blood ...