It can weigh the same as 9 elephants, is nearly as long as a tennis court and is the planet’s largest ‘active’ hunter
Sperm whales are found throughout the world’s oceans, preferring deep water. As a result they are seldom found…
Our jungle guide sprang into action, shouting urgently ‘Run! Quickly! Run!’ We were seemingly running for our lives from we knew not what
The loud rustling off to one side of the trail was undoubtedly emanating from a large animal. We…
Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer | Wildlife
Thousands of flying foxes have perished in the heatwave that scorched south-east Australia last week, the largest mass…
8 countries around the world most famous for their wildlife
South Africa is renowned for its ability to offer excellent wildlife spotting opportunities alongside good tourism infrastructure. Kruger…
Monkeys on the loose in St Louis, Missouri after four-day search
Kimberly Brinker via Getty Images Agents are looking for more than one vervet monkey in the US city…
Trail cameras capture endangered red pandas in remote Himalayas
Trail cameras in Nepal recorded evidence of small groups of endangered red pandas in Myagdi District, a little-studied…
“With sex sessions lasting up to 14 hours, it’s quite a way to bow out” – discover 11 animals that die during or after sex
‘Le Petit Mort’ or ‘the little death’ is the euphamistic term for orgasm. But for some animals, sex…
Himalayan vulture stuns in eastern Singapore after rare sightings in the west
SINGAPORE, Jan 12 — As sightings of Himalayan vultures in western Singapore excited birdwatchers this past week, a…
A weapon that could help red squirrels in their Battle of Britain
“KNOW the enemy” is a maxim attributed to Sun Tzu, an ancient Chinese military strategist. You must discover…
Its body might be a tiny 1cm, but that doesn’t stop this deadly predator kill prey up to a metre long and an enormous 355 times its weight
The way food-chains usually work is that small things get eaten by bigger things, which in turn get…
little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth
In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica…
That time Will Smith helped discover new species of anaconda
In 2024, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of giant anaconda in South America. A National…