With talons as long as the claws of a grizzly bear and legs as thick as the wrists of a small child, the harpy eagle surely justifies a nomination as the world’s most powerful eagle. They are one of ...

The findings highlight how animals can influence landscapes on a much larger scale than their size might suggest. Sand ...

The trackway was discovered in 2025 in the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota, USA, by Kent M. Hups, a teacher ...

The winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2026 competition have been revealed. The grand prize recipient is an image ...

In order to gain the trust of the larger fish it feeds on, sabre-toothed blennies mimic the patterning and swimming behaviour of cleaner wrasses - industrious fishes that serve as the beauticians of ...

Do you ever think about just how bees make honey? Stuart Blackman gives a step-by-step guide to this rather sophisticated process ...

Marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez went searching for one predator – but had a scary encounter with another.

These caterpillars don’t just look like snakes by virtue of their long, cylindrical bodies and similarly green/brown colours, they possess other tricks that help turn their disguise from fancy dress ...

Scientists have used decades-long imaging techniques to throw new light on the longevity of right whales, with surprising ...

Laura Kojima explains how alligators are able to stay submerged underwater without breathing for hours at a time ...

A bizarre deep-sea fish that looks part fish, part prawn has been filmed walking backwards for the first time, revealing an ...

Sometimes she does, and she uses her beak to put a hole through the shell and then ejects the egg out of the nest. But surprisingly often, that's not the case. And there's a number of reasons for why ...