Rare footage shows a dolphin nipping a much larger black caiman—a glimpse into the complex dynamics between two of South ...

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 ...

In the Netherlands, especially in the northern region of Friesland, artisanal trapping of shorebirds for food was a centuries-old source of livelihood in rural communities. These trappers, known ...

Without a good defence system in place, sphinx moth caterpillars are essentially energy-rich 'nom-nuggets' presented on a bed of leafy greens for the jungle's predators – so scare tactics like ...

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 ...

When breeding season rolls around, foxes tend to get a bit mouthy – and what comes out sounds eerily human. This is what the fox says: a high-pitched "YAAGGAGHH" rivalled only by the screams of ...

Can animals with skin pigment deficiencies survive in the wild? Animals with albinism, leucism or piebaldism can have a tougher time surviving the challenges of life in the wild. They may be ultra ...

Efforts to save the kakapo began more than a century ago when Richard Henry, a self-taught biologist, became alarmed at the mass slaughter of the birds by invasive stoats (weasel-like predators in ...

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 ...