There’s more to life as a young male elephant than we thought. Kate Evans reveals a strangely familiar world of teenage gangs, raging hormones and bossy dads ...

Humans are not the only animals that mark death – scientists have documented animals behaviours that seem remarkably similar ...

Diplodocus is one of the most iconic dinosaurs in the world, instantly recognisable thanks to its enormous length, long, whip ...

"Suddenly, one of them was behind me. I heard rips and the sound of planks dropping coming from my room. It was breaking through the wooden window." Wildlife biologist Stephanie Schuttler had a ...

The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia, is home to around 500 saltwater crocodiles – and it has now been approved to host the Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events ...

They might both command a great deal of attention (and fear), but pythons and vipers have entirely different bodies, hunting ...

Mysterious trenches stretching across the surface of Australia’s Nullarbor Plain are allowing researchers to find ancient cave systems far below the ground.

Their effect was somewhat diluted and dulled by the grey and pale tips, which as they broke off, allowed the other stronger, melanin-impregnated, colourful parts of the feather to take over their ...

Bubbles the dolphin is a familiar face at Lady Elliot Island in Australia, but a new scientific paper is making him famous ...

Kestrels are on the Amber List of conservation and their numbers are still on the decline, read about what is being done to help and other fascinating facts ...

Drowning as a method of killing prey isn't the most popular in the animal kingdom - but it does happen... Death by drowning, however, as a method of dispatch is quite rare – only a few species use it ...

But little is known about their selective feeding behaviours – specifically, which parts of carcasses they target and whether this changes throughout the seasons. “We knew that recent work had found ...