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“Imagine a rainbow-coloured kitten, shrink it down to the size of your fingertip and add a few more legs.” It’s time to rethink these tiny and cute killers
Tiny, cute and charismatic, jumping spiders open the door to a new world of eight-legged wonders
"Then there's those long, fang-tipped jaws..." 6 most cunning, devious spiders that manipulate, seduce and stalk their way to a successful kill
Meet the world's most cunning spiders, from the cannibalistic assassin spider, to the vampire spider with a penchant for human blood.
"It had big eyes, a large head, chubby cheeks, and short, stumpy legs." The 6 dinosaurs that would make the very best pets - if humans had been around
Not all dinosaurs were massive, meat-eating monsters; some were no bigger than labradors, covered in downy feathers, and cuter than buttons…
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Millions of years old and still here... What exactly is a living fossil?
Ben Garrod takes a look at what is meant by a living fossil
What's the most dangerous animal in the USA? AND just how deadly is it to humans? Clue – it's responsible for a whopping 440 deaths a year
What animals are in the running for the title of 'most dangerous animal in the USA'? Stuart Blackman takes a look at the contenders...
This diver was exploring the Great Barrier Reef, when he noticed something strange…
Some fish can communicate with other species by changing the colour of their bodies – as this incredible footage shows.
“Rearing up, each reveals its two-pronged penis.” Meet the creature that fences with an unusual body part
The animal kingdom is full of bizarre mating rituals – and one of the oddest must surely be the Persian carpet flatworm
It can be seen from space, is the size of Morocco and home to animals found nowhere else on Earth
5.5 million bees found beneath New York State cemetery. It's one of the largest populations ever recorded
Millions of mining bees are living in the soil of Ithaca's East Lawn Cemetery, new study finds
Fungi may survive extreme conditions of Mars and space, say scientists
New study suggests microbes could survive the long trip to Mars
Just how many species are there? Millions if you count animals, plants and fungi... Here's an estimated guess...
Just how many different species are there? To date nobody has a precise answer - but it doesn't stop scientists trying to work it out...
Which animal has the biggest testicles? Clue... "They're an impressive 14% of its body mass. Imagine if a human's were 14% of its body mass…"
Karim Vahed takes a look at which species has the biggest testicles
Huge manta ray spotted with chunk of body missing. Divers think they know what caused it
Manta rays can sometimes heal from injuries such as shark bites but more serious wounds can be fatal.
How many ways can evolution happen?
Evolution isn’t a single, straightforward process – it works in several distinct ways. From species splitting apart over time to unrelated animals developing similar traits, these patterns reveal how life adapts and changes.
"Giving birth through their narrow clitoris, a female has a birth canal of only about one inch across, making it both painful and risky." 10 craziest animal births ever...
From mouth-brooding fish to tadpoles bursting through their mother’s back, the animal kingdom has some bizarre birth stories
Banana-sized deep-sea oddity glows red – and resembles an alien spaceship
is crimson creature glides through the twilight zone with rainbows dancing up and down its body but to predators it’s invisible
It rains poison, blinds on contact – and its fruit could kill: Inside the ‘Tree of Death'
"It's often infected with a parasite, which can be transmitted to humans. Untreated, it can lead to heart failure, damage to the nervous system and death.."
This is one bug you don't want to be 'kissed' by
Why do cockchafers have such weird, feathery antennae?
It's the size of Gambia and one and a half times deeper than the Grand Canyon – Discover Earth’s most mysterious underwater giant
"With the flex of a muscle, it can produce an arsenal of sharp, curved claws that snap out of its toes like switchblades" 11 weirdest, bizarrest frogs on the planet
Discover the weird and wonderful oddballs from the world of frogs
"Sand pours off and disappears below like an underwater waterfall. This eerie phenomenon looks like a monstrous plume of smoke being dragged down into the darkness"
Plummeting down for more than 200 metres, Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas is one of the world’s deepest blue holes
Nearly as big as Wales, hotter than 50°C – Inside the inhospitable and rugged Death Valley, where not everyone gets out alive - yet inconceivably wildlife thrives
Welcome to one of the harshest, hottest most inhospitable places on Earth
"The only way a female avoids starvation is by being fed by males hoping to mate with her. Females might have up to five males in attendance..."
Often male birds are more colourful than their female counterparts, but the ecelctus parrot bucks the trend, as zoologist and broadcaster Lucy Cooke explains.
