The king cobra is widely considered to be the smartest snake in the world, but there are other snake species that use clever ...

A team of palaeontologists led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and Cambridge University may have just found ...

Since its formation, Surtsey has been providing researchers with invaluable information on how plant and animal life ...

Are there big cats in the UK countryside? The exotic – and sometimes deadly – animals that supposedly roam the British ...

Did you know the longest brooding period or ‘pregnancy’ of any known animal is a whopping four and a half years?

For the first time ever, scientists have spotted an individual humpback whale in both Australia and Brazil. To get from one breeding ground to the other, it would have had to swim for more than ...

There’s a cave in Kentucky that’s 426 miles long – and fish-eating spiders lurk in it; Is there a place on Earth that is ...

In a pet shop on the outskirts of a small city, clear plastic crates with air holes are piled one on top of another – five ...

This houseplant is solving equations without a calculator right under your nose. The first informal use of Voronoi diagrams ...

A striking macro photograph of slime mould by Jon Appleyard has taken the top spot in the competition, run by BBC Wildlife in ...

Is the deadliest mammal the tiger or the polar bear? Or maybe it's elephants? Or bears? Or something else that you might not ...

Think the yellow brick road is fictional? Think again. It’s real and it can be found more than 1,000 metres deep in the ocean ...