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"It can survive just about anything, including high doses of radiation and is virtually indestructible." 10 toughest animals on the planet
Proving that size doesn't matter when it comes to toughness, meet the world's top 10 toughest animals.
“One of the most extraordinary moments of my life.” David Attenborough reflects on groundbreaking project in new documentary
Filmed in the 1970s, Attenborough’s Life on Earth helped make television history – now a documentary goes behind-the-scenes
A tiny mollusc helped bring down the Spanish Armada. Here's how
Wood-eating shipworms played an important role in the huge losses suffered by the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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Strange creature found inside jellyfish. Scientists say it's the "first time this behaviour is documented"
Jellyfish are known to consume almost anything – but we didn't know they ate this...
"Unreal" feeding frenzy caught on camera in Mexico
During Mexico’s sardine run, pelicans and sea lions go head-to-head gobbling down bait fish.
In a remote Himalayan valley, 3 apex predators live peacefully side by side. Camera traps just revealed how they do it
Leopards, snow leopards and wolves have found a way to live in relative peace, according to a new study.
‘Pet food accounts for similar levels of global greenhouse gas emissions to the entirety of the Philippines.’ Which animal has the highest carbon footprint?
While it’s a term we mostly use in relation to humans, can we work out the carbon footprint of animals?
9 weirdest snakes on the planet, from one that can fly to one that looks like a spider. There's even a spiky species that looks more like a dragon...
Discover the planet's most bizarre and frankly weird snakes, including one that can glide through the air
Ghostly footage shows thousands of giant spider crabs crawling all over each other. It's the largest gathering of its kind on Earth
These big crabs aggregate every year in Australia’s Port Phillip Bay.
This curious creature has a fishing rod dangling out of its head. It doesn't just use it for hunting…
Researchers studied more than 100 species of anglerfish to learn more about the secrets of their legendary lures.
“They’re either ejected in vomit or walk their way back out when the animal is dead.” Can anything survive being eaten alive?
What’s it liked to be swallowed alive? Not that bad, apparently
Scientists drop cameras 9,100m deep off coast of Japan. What they find baffles them
While exploring deep-sea trenches off Japan, researchers found a creature so weird they couldn’t identify it.
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…
'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?
