Daniel Graham

A new DNA study has revealed two previously unknown species of crocodile, both hiding in plain sight on the islands of Cozumel and Banco Chinchorro off the Yucatán Peninsula.

This 30-kilogram predator hunts mostly at night, ambushing prey before swallowing it whole with its specially adapted jaws.

The almost mythical, horned saola has only been sighted a handful of times in the remote highland forests of Vietnam and Laos.

The fossil – which belonged to a crocodile-like carnivore that grew up to six metres long, armed with sharp teeth and bony armour – changes our understanding of the Caribbean's ancient ecosystems, say scientists.

Animals don't come much more peculiar than this tree-dwelling mammal from the rainforests of Southeast Asia.

Patagonia Azul Provincial Park aims to protect one of the most biodiverse areas of the South Atlantic, home to whales, sea lions and over 50 species of seabirds.

A new study carried out in Italy's Dolomite Mountains provides further evidence that trees are capable of complex communication, say researchers.

For two decades, researchers have been trying to work out how a remarkable animal can survive among the scalding thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park. Now they finally know.

Ecologist Professor Hugh Safford was walking in California's High Sierra when he stumbled across a truly unlikely thing.

Scientists noticed this rare body transformation while studying the animal in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina.

The remarkable discovery offers fresh insights into the history of one of the world’s most elusive animal groups, say scientists.

The palaeontologists found are series of prehistoric footprints in two locations in the rugged mountains – and they belonged to an enormous animal.

Webbed feet, a flexible snout and waterproof fur – the curious Pyrenean desman is surely one of Europe's oddest mammals.

It has taken researchers more than 50 years to solve the mystery of why so many rhinos died in the same spot.

When Hawai‘i’s Kīlauea volcano erupted in May 2018, it wasn’t just the island that felt the impact, say scientists in a new study.

When two scientists noticed the phenomenon on a year-long trip to the Peruvian Amazon, they were compelled to find out more.

There has been a dramatic ripple effect since the apex predators disappeared from the 30km-wide bay on the southern tip of South Africa, say scientists.