Kevin Parr
Writer and amateur naturalist
Kevin Parr is a writer and amateur naturalist who lives in West Dorset, England, with his wife and a colony of grass snakes.
Recent articles by Kevin Parr
It grows to 2m and weighs 200kg… but its greatest weapon devastated an entire ecosystem
The sacred fish that has collapsed an ecosystem
Forest eagle finds goose eggs in nest. What happens next is staggering
A pair of crowned eagles in South Africa successfully incubated the eggs of an Egyptian goose. They hatched, then this happened...
"With a single bite, prey can be incapacitated or sliced in half, by fearsome, razor-sharp teeth the same size as a great white's…"
Meet the fearsomely fanged, freshwater monster with a bite like a crocodile
"The fangs are huge, too large for it to close its mouth. Instead, they act as a cage, trapping would-be prey as though on Death Row"
The mega-mouthed fish that can turn on the lights and catch prey in a cage
Remote cameras capture woodcocks aggressively charging deer in West Virginia
American woodcocks will go to extreme measures to defend their nests, new research reveals.
“It was an intense pain. Almost like burning. It took me a moment to understand what exactly was going on. A real ugly fish. Big eyes, big teeth.”
Meet the The fearsomely fanged, five-foot long freshwater shark.
The 3-metre, 200kg torpedo with bullet-deflecting scales and a fiery reputation that can deliver quite a punch to humans
Could a 2m river monster with an enormous head, fearsome teeth and a body shaped like an 'elongated pig', have started preying on humans?
The giant killer catfish that feasts on the dead and the living
"Its dorsal fin is lined with venomous spines that deliver instant, intense pain. Any animal on the receiving end – including us – is likely to recoil in agony..."
A freshwater fish with venom that delivers excruciating pain that ‘runs like fire’
"Divers have been rammed so hard that the air is knocked out of their lungs." A deadly predator with bone-crushing jaws and a temper to match
The air-breathing fish with a vicious head-butt
509 snakes captured in southeastern US. Many are carrying deadly infections
Research in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia suggests snakes could face catastrophe due to pathogen prevalence.
"It's covered in toxic slime and capable of penetrating bone..." The river monster that's bigger than a snooker table and as heavy as a polar bear
"Its fearsome hooked jaw crushes with devastating power to bite through bone, something a 15 year-old American boy found to his cost.."
It's as big as a rolling pin and can drain a tablespoon of human blood in a single meal, thanks to its razor-sharp hypodermic needle-like mouth
Deep in the Amazon, a giant leech lurks, quietly feeding off victims in rivers and swampy waters, largely unseen.
This bizarre bird's entire annual cycle follows the rhythm on the moon, groundbreaking study reveals
Moonlight plays a huge part in how red-necked nightjars feed, migrate and raise their young, reveals new study.
A venomous pit viper has been hiding in China's misty mountains
Scientists describe new species of amber-eyed, grass-green snake from China's Giant Panda National Park.
A remarkable creature lurks in this flooded sinkhole in Mexico. Scientists went in to find it
This extraordinary animal supports a secret subterranean ecosystem.
5.5 million bees found beneath New York State cemetery. It's one of the largest populations ever recorded
Millions of mining bees are living in the soil of Ithaca's East Lawn Cemetery, new study finds
There's a tropical island in the middle of the Panama Canal that's home to a bright pink animal with an astonishing trick
Researchers on Barro Colorado Island say the animal changes colour from pink to green. And they think they know why
