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"Their real super-power is their ability to shoot blood from their eyes." The 23 weirdest, strangest animals on the planet - including the striped pyjama squid
Often it is the cute and cuddly animals that get the most attention, but let's spare some time and love for the freaks and oddballs of the natural world! Meet our 18 weirdest animals
Snoozing polar bears among 5 stunning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award winners announced, featuring sleepy polar bears, graceful flamingos and a very playful lynx.
“Complete intoxication.” Lemurs in Madagascar are licking millipedes – and it’s sending them into a “trancelike state”
To protect themselves from malaria-carrying mosquitoes, some lemurs in Madagascar are turning to poisonous insects – with unusual side effects
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When scientists descended into an unexplored cave in the Cambodian mountains, they found a “treasure trove” in the darkness
A team of researchers discovered species new to science, as well as threatened wildlife, in these vast underground habitats
Researchers put a spy camera into the ocean. And this spiny creature took the bait
This predatory starfish can grow to 70cm in diameter and has white spines all over its body.
15 magical photos that show just how uniquely beautiful octopuses can be
Striking images that show different species of octopus in new light, capturing their full, tentacled majesty
Crocs on jet skis and kayaks: why Florida’s huge apex predators are coming out of the water and sunbathing in unlikely places
Animals sunbathe for a variety of surprising reasons – resulting in some unusual sights
New David Attenborough and Netflix documentary goes behind the scenes of one of the “most iconic moments in wildlife filmmaking”
Netflix’s A Gorilla Story takes us behind the scenes of a piece of wildlife television history
Three wildlife tours that can help protect fragile ecosystems — and bring you face-to-face with incredible species
Tailor your next wildlife trip to help affect change
"She keeps her subordinates imprisoned in their sexless state by low-level physical bullying. They don’t even develop adult genitalia"
Lucy Cooke reveals the secrets behind naked mole rats and their colonies
“Its prey was still alive.” Photographer captures blue dragons feeding in unbelievable detail
A nature photographer in Gran Canaria captured hypnotic close-up footage of blue dragon nudibranchs feasting on prey.
"It inhabits wide webs of tunnels and distinct chambers – larders, sleeping burrows and toilets" 10 strange underground animals that live beneath our feet
Discover the animals that inhabit the subterranean world we rarely see
"I would wonder if I was just seeing things.” Scientists make illuminating discovery in South Carolina swamp
Researchers in Congaree National Park have uncovered how fireflies synchronise their bioluminescent light shows.
The mind-controlling zombie that makes our closest cousins seek out their own killers… and it could affect humans too
Could a parasite encourage chimpanzees into encounters with leopards?
Sneaky tricks, killer toxins and exploding penises: Evolution’s 7 wildest battles for supremacy and survival
Evolutionary war drives ingenuity at every scale, says Jules Howard
The world’s deadliest rat that's poisonous enough to kill an elephant, a mouse that hunts venomous scorpions – The 9 weirdest rodents on the planet
Not all rodents are rats eating out of rubbish bins – these fascinating creatures from around the world show there's a lot more to rodents than meets the eye, from rainbow squirrels to prairie dogs
Just how on Earth are ibex able to scale vertical, sheer cliff faces?The secrets behind their seemingly impossible climbs
The Alpine ibex's amazing climbing ability is all down to its feet
Devoured, paralysed, enslaved: The alien-like horror that drills inside and turns its victim into a very sinister, nursery
Discover a sinister creature that is like an alien character from Star Trek
It’s a slimy, brainless creature that stalks prey, navigates mazes and creates elaborate transport networks more efficient than our own
These tiny microorganisms come together to create large, multicellular networks capable of navigating mazes and re-routing transport networks…
Can whales and dolphins crossbreed?
Interbreeding between different cetacean species is extremely rare but has been known to happen
It not only eats its victim from the inside out, it also uses a biological weapon to paralyse it and turn it into a zombie
The creepy parasite that uses a biological weapon to take control f its host
"Raiding parties are the soldiers, bearing enormous heads armed with long, scissor-like mandibles capable of dismantling prey piece by piece..."
This is definitely an army that marches on its stomach...
What's the biggest monkey in the world? Clue – it comes equipped with fearsome canine teeth that are amongst the longest of any primate
Meet the world's most colourful primate
100km-wide "hidden giant" discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheet
A vast granite body roughly half the size of Wales has been found beneath the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica…
