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Huge carnivores are roaming the streets of this Ethiopian city. What they're doing could be saving people $100,000 USD per year
In the city of Mekelle, hyenas and other urban scavengers are helping save the waste disposal sector money while also curbing carbon emissions, new study finds.
"I believe it may have fallen from someone’s grocery bag.” Scientist finds unlikely creature in US parking lot – and only has one thing on his mind...
The microscopy expert put the big-clawed animal through his micro-CT scanner, creating an incredibly detailed image of its body.
Stunning wildflower 'superbloom' sweeps through Death Valley. It's the best display in a decade
The hottest place on the planet has transformed into a sea of colour, as desert gold and notch-leaf phacelia flowers fill the valley floor.
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This river giant can grow over 1m long, weigh more than 5kg and lay an astonishing 500,000 eggs
Meet the mighty northern pike.
There is only one place on Earth where crocodiles and alligators live together in the wild – and it's here
Can crocodiles and alligators co-exist in the wild? The answer is yes – but there is only one place on the planet where this happens.
9 brutal insect photos that show how these ruthless predators sting, swarm and devour their prey
These incredible images demonstrate the brutality of the creepy crawly and how they can overpower prey
It weighs as much as a piano and is nearly as tall as a basketball hoop: The 10 biggest, heaviest birds on the planet
You wouldn’t want to find these beasts at your bird feeder…
It’s almost the size of the US, spans 11 countries and is home to a creature that looks like a sabre-toothed sausage
The Sahara Desert is one of the world's most inhospitable places – with some astonishing wildlife
Shock moment troop uses a clever distraction plot to steal a fawn right in front of its helpless mother
Safari guide James Nguya witnessed just how smart baboons can be, when it comes to hunting and eating prey
Buffalo v bison: Just what is the difference between these massive 1000kg beasts?
"I dived and latched onto her shell. My world span. We began to corkscrew, round and round. My chest burned and heaved"
Conservationist Elliot Conner gets rather more than he bargained for when he attempted to tag a turtle
Do spiders talk to each other?
We take a look at how spiders communicate with each other
"It exposes natural selection as little more than an unskilled electrician choosing to buy a cheap extension lead and hide it under the carpet."
It looks like a squat, cuddly little bear, chirps like a bird and has webbed feet for swimming – meet the very rare and bizarre wild dog that's like no other
“This bizarre egg-laying animal looks like a cross between a duck and a beaver” – 10 prehistoric ‘living fossil’ animals still alive today
eet the ‘living fossils’ that look just like their ancient ancestors and give us an idea of what life on Earth may have been like millions of years ago…
8 smartest primates on Earth – Just how do they measure up against us humans?
From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do the planet’s cleverest monkeys and apes really compare with human intelligence
Behind a waterfall lies a 200-metre-deep elephant cave harbouring a deadly virus that has a terrifying 88% fatality rate
This is no place for the cautious: venturing deep into the cave is a perilous gamble that only the foolhardy would attempt.
How did eyes evolve? The bizarre story behind your vision and why octopuses are truly the greatest of all life-forms
The incredible story of our vision
"If it reaches the nervous system it can cause meningitis – meaning headaches, nausea, vomiting, fever..." A deadly parasite that could be in your garden
How one slimy garden pest can make you ill
Do plants sleep?
When the sun goes down, some flowers appear to tuck themselves in for the night.
But this curious habit is actually driven by a fascinating piece of plant science.
It builds skyscraper cities full of cosy, egg-shaped hammocks 30 metres above the ground
If Coco Chanel gave the common blackbird a makeover, the result would be the oropendola. With a minimalist colour palette and an occasional pop of colour, these mid-sized birds ooze chic simplicity.
"She will end up focusing on the stronger cub and the weaker cub is ignored, and will die" 10 worst – and most abusive – parents in the animal kingdom
Parenthood looks different across species – and not all are as supportive and nurturing as you might expect. From cliff-diving chicks to sibling cannibalism, these are the animals who parent in an extreme way
"They have been seen to use use sticks as weapons against humans, and clean their ears with grass" – 11 animals that use tools in surprising and clever ways
It is not just humans that regularly use tools to solve problems and make our lives easier. Other animals do it too!
“At first, we were puzzled.” Scientists track 69 ravens through Yellowstone – and make remarkable discovery
The researchers wanted to find out exactly how ravens find wolf kills in the US national park.
