A new study has revealed South America’s wetlands have been home to 5.2m-long anacondas for more than 12 million ...

Male elephant seals might remember the calls of their adversaries from previous breeding seasons, a new study suggests.

Ocean and wildlife photographer Greg Lecoeur relives his unbelievable encounter in Svalbard with both polar bears and belugas ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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