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"Alan fired off a dart. Relatives clustered around her as the drug began taking effect, and within 15 minutes they were all sedated"
if you struggle to control your pet, just imagine how difficult it is to move 80 stray elephants.
“Inside lay a grisly collection of bodies, hapless creatures that crawled in but never crawled out.” 1km down in the Gulf lies the ‘Hot Tub of Despair'
Believe it or not, the Hot Tub of Despair is a real thing, and it's in the Gulf of Mexico
It was the size of a dog – and had a trunk. What was this prehistoric beast?
Discover the tiny but mighty, elephants that lived thousands of years ago
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Watch amazing, jaw-dropping, close up footage of a lioness chancing her luck with elephants – who aren't impressed by her antics
Incredible footage shows the moment aggressive wild elephants stand up to a lioness in African savannah grassland.
How much wildlife do cats actually kill – should we really keep our pet cats indoors?
We may love our pets, but the truth is that they can be a real problem for wildlife, says James Fair
Watch adorable BBC footage of clumsy baby elephants taking their first, very wobbly steps
Watch this adorable BBC Earth footage of an elephant calf mastering its first steps and bonding with the herd.
It looks like an egg, but why is one end so pointy?
Could there be a few reasons behind the point?
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2027 is now open – here’s how to enter
You have until December 2026 to submit your photographs to the acclaimed wildlife photography competition
“None of us were expecting a hunt." Wildlife watchers in awe as peregrine takes down jay right in front of boat
The group were just heading onto land for a stroll when the hunt unfolded right before their eyes.
Tanks, helicopters and guns are sitting 24 metres beneath the Red Sea – Here’s why…
In Aqaba, 21 military vehicles arranged in tactical combat formation are attracting marine life in an Underwater Military Museum
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 at the bottom of the sea
Visiting the Yonaguni Underwater Monument is challenging: expect seasickness and currents so strong you might only get a quick glimpse as you zoom by
The car was stuck in the mud. Then an elephant charged. I still can’t believe what happened next…
Daniel Stiles shares a heart-stopping encounter with an elephant in Kenya
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.
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
