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Why San Francisco Bay has suddenly become a death trap for gray whales
Climate change is pushing starving gray whales into California's San Francisco Bay, where they are often hit and killed by boats, according to a new study.
"Notoriously cruel methods are involved in training elephants be ridden." 10 cruellest and most barbaric animal attractions on the planet...
Cruelty to wild animals may not always be initially obvious, but it can take many forms. Here are just some of the ways they are used for profit
"They actually perform amputations. Those that injure their legs above the femur have their whole leg lopped off..."
There are certain species of ants that have been observed treating injuries of their nestmates, with some even performing successful amputations…
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'Water tigers' are lingering in the shallows of rivers and lakes. Here's what they're up to
Spring means one thing for perch – it's time to spawn
Do other animals have wars?
The author John Steinbeck wrote “All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” But are we the only species to go to war?
9 extraordinary rhino photos reveal just how powerful and intimidating these animals can be
Dramatic images show off the sheer size and strength of these prehistoric-looking animals
It's home to the largest concentration of crocodiles on the planet – 10 million of these ferocious reptiles to be precise. Swimming here is inadvisable...
In the flooded forests and winding rivers of South America’s vast wetlands the black caiman reigns as one of the most formidable predators alive today.
"3-metre worm with a lunging set of jaws that lies half-submerged in the seabed. This truly is the stuff of nightmares." 10 deadliest ambush predators on the planet
These ambush predators are happy to play the waiting game when it comes to hunting – but it doesn't mean they're any less deadly
It looks like something from an alien world – with a bizarre, otherworldly form that appears spun from glass
They're 2 metres long, 10,000 times heavier than the males and can even rip off the infamous Portuguese man o’war's tentacles and wield them as weapons
Could there ever be a new species of human?
It’s happened before, many times, so surely it could happen again, right?
It's the size of Los Angeles and simply crawling with deadly alligators, black bears and highly venomous snakes
A shrewdness of apes, a bloat of hippos, a parliament of owls – the 30 weirdest, strangest collective nouns on the planet
Discover some of the more unusual collective nouns for different groups of animals, from ‘a bloat of hippopotamuses’ to ‘a confusion of wildebeest’.
6 animals that can kill a hippo – "Weighing a mighty 4500kg the hippo is a huge, dangerous animal that only the boldest predator would dare approach"
We take a look at the animals brave enough to take on the world's third-largest land mammal
How long do ants live? Some survive only days, while others can reach a staggering 7 years – yes really...
Some ants barely make it through the week—while others live long enough to outlast your pet. Here’s why their lifespans vary so wildly
"She was found severely wounded with an arrow piercing right through her hind leg"
An arrow had pierced a lion cub's leg, and without intervention, she likely wouldn’t be here today
"It looks like Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. "8 weirdest, most peculiar (and most wonderful) primates on the planet
From the guttural scream of the howler monkey to the ever-growing rat-like teeth of the aye-aye, the primate world is full of weird and wonderful creatures
Hyena with zebra head in jaws among 14 powerful images from close-up photo challenge
See striking photos from Close-up Photographers of the Year’s ‘Death & Decay’ challenge
Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal declared Endangered
Climate change is pushing these Antarctic species to the brink
Largest known wild chimp group splits in two – sparking violence and death
Uganda's Ngogo chimps have broken into two permanent groups, resulting in the killing of numerous adults and infants, say researchers.
“I’ve never met a good-tempered walrus, they’re always grumpy!” Wildlife filmmaker Doug Allan on filming in the Arctic and working with Attenborough
In an interview originally published in October 2019, BBC filmmaker Doug Allan reflects on an extraordinary encounter with a narwhal and his funniest shoot
Celebrated wildlife filmmaker Doug Allan dies at 74
Doug Allan was known for this work in extreme environments, filming for several groundbreaking BBC TV series
500-million-year-old clawed predator found in Utah desert forces scientists to rethink origin of spiders
Named after French explorer Jacques Cousteau, Megachelicerax cousteaui is the oldest of its kind ever found, not to mention one of the strangest…
5 ways to live forever: the secrets behind why some species live for a very long time
Why are some species able to live for a very long time? We take a look at the characteristics needed for a long life
