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Could elephants and mammoths interbreed? Could there have been a 'mammophant'?
It lurches from the sand like a coiled spring, snapping its jaws so ferociously they can slice prey in half… 6 terrifying, spine-chilling worms
Prepare for a scare as we take a look at some of the most terrifying worms on the planet.
There's a curious creature on the Massachusetts coast that's taught itself to poop on demand. This is why
A new study reveals that hermit crabs have a clever way of preventing themselves from outgrowing their shell too quickly – and it’s not by limiting what they eat.
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It was presumed dead for 60 years. Then scientists sent an underwater drone into the deep and saw this
After identifying a deep-sea coral garden off West Africa in the 1960s, researchers thought it was dead so didn’t explore it – until now.
Do plants really have personalities? More ecologists are changing their mind – here’s why
Is it possible for plants to have personalities? And why is it important if they do?
It’s the largest, yet most remote, continent in the world. But who’s responsible for it?
Technically, no single country owns Antarctica. But it’s complicated...
Why do some animal mothers abandon their babies? We asked an expert
There are benefits to animal mothers abandoning young – including a longer lifespan
Prehistoric insects were absolutely massive. Here's why they needed to be so darn big
Richard Jones explains just why prehistoric insects were so large...
"Their stonking size led to rumours that they can snap shut in an instant, trapping poor divers who snuck their arm inside to steal a pearl…"
These colossal clams were rumoured to kill humans but the opposite is true – climate change, pollution and overharvesting are pushing them to the brink
It may look like a wolf, but don't be fooled… DNA reveals Darwin's mysterious Falkland Islands predator was something far stranger
The Falkland Islands wolf didn’t seem to fear humans, Darwin recorded, but that’s because it was a domesticated South American fox species
It’s 4,500 years old, 180km across and cloned itself from a single seedling – meet the largest, most humongous plant on the planet
discover the seagrass meadow that had been hiding a secret for thousands of years.
The day weevils hired lawyers and saw the Church in court
Meet the 16th century lawyer who defended weevils in court – centuries before ‘conservation’ existed
Not all dinosaurs laid the same type of egg – here’s how we know
Modern reptiles lay soft-shelled eggs. Birds lay hard-shelled eggs. What about dinosaurs?
This is why lemurs adopt yoga-like poses. And no, it’s not to become more flexible…
Just how do furry, woolly and feathered animals get vitamin D?
"It could sprint at 40mph and had a huge skull with a deadly-looking, hooked beak and swallowed its prey whole…" 10 deadliest prehistoric birds ever
These early birds certainly caught their worms, and more. Meet some of the deadliest birds that ever lived…
"It could have weighed as much as 10 tonnes, more than double the weight of an African elephant and possibly as much as 14.3 tonnes!"
Discover key facts about the different species of mammoth – where they lived, what they ate, and why they went extinct.
"The thought of them lurking under the water is enough to give you the shivers – After drowning its victim it rapidly rolls it to remove its limbs…
A deadly predator, learn about saltwater crocodiles in our expert guide, including where they live in the wild, diet and whether crocodiles really sleep with one eye open.
“A mutating army of deadly germs” – 8 deadliest bacterial diseases to avoid like the plague
A bacterial infection is nothing to worry about – that’s what antibiotics are for, right? Well, not exactly, as an increasing number of them are now being outsmarted by a mutating army of potentially deadly germs.
"With a single bite, prey can be incapacitated or sliced in half, by fearsome, razor-sharp teeth the same size as a great white's…"
Meet the fearsomely fanged, freshwater monster with a bite like a crocodile
More than 6,600km long, it flows through 11 countries, across deserts, jungles and wetlands... And hides some of Earth's deadliest animals
Would you convict a pig of murder?The sow that was seized, brought before the local court, convicted for murder and sentenced to death
It looks like a friendly garden bird, sings like one too – but it's one of the most toxic creatures alive
Just how poisonous is the hooded pitohui?
It might be called a fox, look like a fox and act like a fox - but don't be fooled, this is no fox
Do ants use toilets?
How one species of ant even have toilet attendants...
