More rigorous experiments confirmed that the more steeply sided the egg, the more likely it was to stay put.” The shape might yet turn out to serve multiple functions: extra strength, as a defence ...

The team, who published their findings recently in the Caribbean Journal of Science, say the record suggests that “even ...

Patricia was here to witness the arrival of Manno, a trafficked chimpanzee we had just rescued from a private zoo in Iraq.

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

“Look! A peregrine!” Indy Kiemel-Greene, our wildlife guide at Hebrides Cruises shouts excitedly as a bird of prey swoops ...

Just a few days of contact with healthy coral could be enough to jumpstart recovery after bleaching – new study.

"They definitely would have chased us." New dinosaur the size of a tiger with giant claws and feathers discovered from fossil ...

This reptile has a broad, powerful head, muscular tail and heavily armoured body, and blends into the murky waters of its ...

Long, curved talons can crush the skull and break the spine of large prey, and carcasses too heavy to carry are dismembered ...

San Miguel Island, part of California’s Channel Islands National Park, lies 50km off the coast of Santa Barbara. The waters ...

An extraordinary image of an elephant carrying a deceased calf has been announced as the overall winner of the Wildlife ...

More than twenty years ago, the USS Oriskany was scuttled (sunk on purpose) to create what is now called the Great Carrier ...