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It's longer than a bed, weighs the same as a mattress, is covered in slime, has teeth in its throat and a bone crunching bite…
This 30-kilogram predator hunts mostly at night, ambushing prey before swallowing it whole with its specially adapted jaws.
It can regrow its penis after mating - not just once – but twice!
Three times is this animal's lucky number
"It weighed the same as 3 adults and was the size of a piano." Now that's huge! 9 biggest hearts on the planet
In the animal kingdom, the creatures with the biggest hearts – relative to their size – are often the tiniest among us.
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Longer than the Titanic, it was built in secret and carried Hollywood royalty – now this legendary liner is being sent to the bottom of the ocean
Sinking the SS United States’ off the coast of Florida hasn’t been smooth sailing
"Suddenly a bull elephant appeared. Ambling over to the carcass, the immense creature used his tactile trunk to gently caress the bones of his fallen comrade"
A cheery safari trip takes a solemn turn
Researchers put bleached corals and healthy corals together for 5 days – and were astounded at what they saw
Just a few days of contact with healthy coral could be enough to jumpstart recovery after bleaching – new study.
Astounding footage shows humpback whales teaming up with California sea lions to hunt in Monterey Bay
Scientists studied nearly 2,000 whale lunge-feeding events and noticed that something was different when California sea lions were nearby.
It’s 113 metres long and was sunk into a barren ocean floor 42m deep in the Gulf of Mexico – 7 months later this happened
The ‘Kraken’ artificial reef is now flooded with fishes after being sunk in 2017 to create an underwater habitat for marine life
Lurking beneath the surface, this deadly reptile strikes fear with glowing red eyes and teeth built to grip struggling prey — including humans
Everything you need to know about the black caiman
It can be seen from space, is the size of London and rumoured to be the lost city of Atlantis – but the truth is far stranger
Could this structure, which you can see from space, be the lost city of Atlantis? It depends on who you talk to
It's 120,000-years-old, 800m down, as big as a basketball court and home to 30 amazing towers – some taller than Disney’s castle – and unearthly life
Some experts are worried about threats to the Lost City Hydrothermal Field if it isn’t properly protected
"It's feared for its irritability, speed, fangs and potent venom. Bites cause extreme pain, systemic bleeding and tissue death." 10 deadliest animals in Mexico
From snakes to scorpions, and even a mythological sea monster, here's everything to avoid in Mexico
"You have to shoot the animal in the shoulder and wait five minutes for the animal to get groggy and fall over."
a runaway zebra has an unpredicted response to anaesthetic and has to be saved from a tree
Just how deadly are sharks to humans?
People often worry about the risk of shark bites but how dangerous are these predators to humans in reality?
Did an eruption of poop trigger the biggest explosion of life and diversity Earth has ever seen?
540 million years ago, animals exploded onto the scene, evolving into many weird, wacky, and wonderful forms…
"Long, curved talons can crush the skull and break the spine of large prey – and carcasses too heavy to carry are dismembered where they fall"
All you ever need to know about the crowned eagle
It’s thousands of years old, as long as a football field, taller than the Great Sphinx of Giza and no-one knows how it ended up on the seabed
Visiting the Yonaguni Underwater Monument is challenging: expect seasickness and currents so strong you might only get a quick glimpse as you zoom by
Watch jaw dropping footage of fearless elk taking on a hopeful grey wolf in Yellowstone National Park
A powerful elk stag (Cervus canadensis) charges a grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone National Park, USA, showcasing the raw intensity of predator-prey interactions in the wild.
Scientists cut open a dead seal and sieved the contents of its intestines. What they found was shocking
Go behind the scenes at a seal autopsy to discover how post mortems provide insight into more than just biology.
A massive wave capsized my kayak, leaving me stranded and vulnerable in waters famous for great white sharks. Then something peculiar happened
Chuck Graham shares an incredible encounter in California’s ‘Shark Park’
It’s nearly 3 football pitches long and could carry 80 planes – now this vast shipwreck is visited by the world’s largest shark
The wreck is known as the Great Carrier Reef in honour of the world’s largest coral reef system
Built like a sports car, agile like an athlete, and capable of impressive acrobatic performances. 5 fastest dolphin on the planet
From wave riding to cooperative hunting, here's what makes dolphins such a fascinating species
”He had a habit of causing commotion with visitors. I feel for him – I see him as a friend, I owe the guy!”
The relaxed demeanour and lopsided
‘smile’ of this charismatic macaque belies the struggle of an ailing species.
It’s the size of Key West in Florida, 300 years old, buried 1,000m beneath Arctic ice – and is home to thousands of giant animals
This amazing sight, deep below the ice, was first discovered in 2022
