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

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 ...

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

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

Leopardus tilcayo (common name tilcayo cat) is native to the Bolivian Yungas cloud forest. The wider forest region, in the ...

Marine researchers are using unsupervised AI algorithms to identify marine animals based on the noises they make. But not all ...

Humans get bitten when they unwittingly get too close for the snake’s comfort. Bites result in grotesque swellings that ...

With all those conditions in place, the population would reach 1,182 rabbits by New Year’s Eve. And that’s just the first ...

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 ...

"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 ...

A new study documents the first record of a black-legged kittiwake in Brazil. A black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) has ...

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 ...