Scientists in Slovenia are working hard to protect a cave-dwelling salamander – and the subterranean habitats that supply much of the region's drinking water.

It's all about trees in our South African home base this week as the country celebrates Arbor Week. To mark the occasion, we're dedicating this Top 10 to our favourite trees from across the ...

YOU MADE IT TO THE END. Our planet is a busy, crazy place. And amidst all the noise, voices get lost and some stories are never heard. That’s especially true of our planet’s countless wild ...

Remember those spiracles we talked about? It's those same structures that give this caterpillar the power of the "squee". Back in 2010, scientists at Canada's Carlton University housed walnut ...

Imagine a bizarre-looking fly parasite takes up residence on your face – and never leaves. That's what life is like for these long-winged bats.

What's more, these bites don't seem to be randomly placed. In some fossils, there are several gouges across the bone ending in a big fracture – the result of an attacker biting numerous times ...

Chances are you've seen this clip pop up on social media this week, but it was actually filmed back in 2010 by Ki Steiner.And d espite what many commenters have suggested, this is not attempt by ...

YOU MADE IT TO THE END. Our planet is a busy, crazy place. And amidst all the noise, voices get lost and some stories are never heard. That’s especially true of our planet’s countless wild ...

The kakapo (Strigops habroptila), a parrot native to New Zealand, just may be the world’s strangest bird.Giant and flightless, with an owlish face, it lives up to its Maori name, which ...

When a photo of several water snakes coiled around each other in a "mating ball" surfaced online, social media and news reports were quick to label the rare display of serpentine togetherness as ...

The modern-day rhinos we’re celebrating this World Rhino Day have a seriously impressive ancestry: their earliest relations were roaming the planet some 50 million year ago! From the five-metre ...

YOU MADE IT TO THE END. Our planet is a busy, crazy place. And amidst all the noise, voices get lost and some stories are never heard. That’s especially true of our planet’s countless wild ...