Research reveals the flight paths of ancient birds kickstarted the evolution of an exceptionally biodiverse mountain range in ...

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and South Korea wanted to see inside the 40-mile-wide Antarctic glacier to ...

Weighing a tonne and packed with hundreds of rooms – each home to a family — it can house a staggering 500 households. Is this the ultimate apartment block? It’s the heaviest, largest, most densely ...

It's not just humans that build villages – so do other animals. And they can be so enormous they're visible from space ...

Their name comes from the half-bird, half-human Harpy from Greek mythology, which was feared for its habit of carrying people away – much like the way harpy eagles prey on tree-dwelling animals such ...

Would you like to see one of the world’s rarest rabbits or a mystical mammal that looks like a goat with an identity crisis? How about two sun bears scrapping or a baby pangolin hitching a ride on ...

Cameraman Barrie Britton and I had been in the Kambui Hills, south-east Sierra Leone, for a few days when the trouble started ...

Researcher Océane Attlan just found a fish so rare it has only been recorded once since it was first discovered.

Jaguars are unusual among the big cats in actively hunting and attacking their prey – frequently reptiles as large as caimans – in water. A team of scientists from a number of academic institutions, ...

From ants to birds, these 7 species don’t just hunt – they steal, kidnap, and turn others into unwilling servants.

King Charles III is known for his love of the environment – and his actions have often divided opinion. But what has he ...

According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...