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Desert locust

It’s up to 40 miles wide, contains billions of creatures and can take 20 years to form – is this nature’s most destructive swarm?

In astonishing footage from Planet Earth, swarms of desert locusts decimate vegetation
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Mammoth Cave

It’s almost twice as long as Washington state and is home to 130 species – including fish-eating spiders

Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world – but where is it?
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Biggest Coral

It's as long as a basketball court, as tall as a giraffe and so huge it can be seen from space

Experts estimate that the massive mega coral – found near the Solomon Islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean – is about 300 years old.
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Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) world's largest living reptile, cooling himself with open mouth, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Scenics/Getty

Can a human outrun a crocodile? Just how fast are these deadly, ferocious reptiles?

Just how fast are crocodiles?
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Orcas chasing penguin

"Can you imagine being chased by an apex predator?” Tourists watch incredible escape in Antarctica

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.
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July 2, 2025 – Cooper Island, Bermuda: Aerial view of the southern tip of Cooper Island, showing sandy beaches, rocky outcrops, and an observation tower near the shoreline. The island is surrounded by clear turquoise waters with visible underwater features, and pathways connect various parts of the landscape. This coastal area is part of Bermuda’s eastern chain of islands, known for its natural beauty and ecological significance.

This area of the North Atlantic ocean is infamous for shipwrecks and conspiracy theories. But does anything live there?

Does anything live in the Bermuda Triangle? Quite a lot actually, as Melissa Hobson explains
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Shark entourage

Divers saw this ocean giant approaching – and noticed it wasn’t alone...

Researchers have documented “an entire community” of animals travelling with whale sharks – the world’s biggest fish.
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Giraffes and Nairobi skyline in Kenya

"It repeatedly swam away from and then back to the corpse, touching it and swimming in circles underneath it" – 7 animals that mourn the dead

From dolphins to elephants, some animals show remarkable awareness of death. Discover7 species that appear to turn the death of family members...
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It's a staggering 300 metres underground, features amazing 11-metre-tall crystals – and has a deadly 90% humidity level

Beautiful Flowerhorn cichlid fish in freshwater tank aquarium

No that's not a golf ball on its head – one man-made very weird species...

Discover on of the world's weirdest fish that was entirely man made.
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Why do cats have three eyelids?

Do cats really have three eyelids?

Why do cats, and other animals, have a third eyelid yet humans don't? Stuart Blackman explains
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Tyrannosaurus from the Cretaceous era 3D illustration

Why did a T-Rex have such ridiculous, puny arms?

Close-up shot of hairy frogfish with extended lure

It has the fastest bite in the animal kingdom and victims are sucked up when this deadly ambush predator opens its enormous mouth

It's best not to venture too close to this deadly ambush predator
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The island of Tristan da Cunha from the southern end.

It's 3 times the size of the UK and home to rare penguins, alien-like fish and the world's most isolated inhabited islands

How one tiny island community makes a vast contribution to protecting ocean biodiversity
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Giant South American river turtle nest site

Is this the biggest maternity ward in the world? Mega nest of 41,000 huge animals in Amazon is the largest ever found...

How drones revealed over 41,000 giant South American river turtles nesting on the banks of the Guaporé River between Brazil and Bolivia.
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Majestic orangutan close-up portrait photo with striking facial features with face flangs and long reddish fur, lush green foliage background.

It’s not just humans who love a strong jawline...

Blackbird nest with three chicks

Why don’t baby birds make less noise to avoid attracting predators?

To be honest making a noise isn't always the best strategy for staying alive...
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Mountain chicken, guinea pig, honey bear, bearcat –  10 animals with completely the wrong names, misleading monikers and curious cases of mistaken identity

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are 10 animals with some very misleading names.
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Jellyfish in medusa stage

NASA officials sent over 2,000 baby jellyfish into space. Tens of thousands more came back to Earth

Scientists wanted to find out whether humans born in space still retained their sense of gravity. So they turned to baby jellyfish
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Oregon Coast Range

A 'wandering meatloaf' and a 'two-headed snake' – meet 6 of Oregon's weirdest animals

There are some truly incredible creatures living in the US state of Oregon – here are some of the strangest.
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Trail camera image of a beaver

10 incredible images and videos of ‘nature’s engineers’ that can build structures seen from space

Beavers are known as nature’s engineers due to their dam-making abilities, which transform landscapes
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Dance, pluck… then paralyse: the riskiest date night in nature

When it comes to surviving a potentially deadly mating, it helps to have a plan
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Texas snow

The 'Great Texas Freeze' killed thousands of beloved songbirds. Scientists are worried about what might happen next

North America’s largest swallow, the purple martin, was hit hard by winter storms in 2021. With erratic weather events becoming more common, experts are concerned about the bird's long-term survival.
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