Wildlife

A sperm whale can hold its breath for over an hour and drop nearly 2,250 metres below the…

A Turkey vulture drifting high overhead can look almost effortless, its broad wings held in a shallow V…

Small, cone-shaped pits occasionally turn up in the fine, dry soil beneath a rock overhang or a roadside…

Fiordland hunters are celebrating a milestone as the wapiti deer that inhabit the region have been declared a…

Bison rams elderly man in Yellowstone, flinging him into the sky BBCMan tossed into the air by ‘agitated’ bull…

Scientists in Canada’s High Arctic are celebrating the first successful detection of a polar bear family at the Environment and…

In a stretch of savanna woodland inside Boé National Park in Guinea-Bissau, certain trees look strangely different from…

The world’s largest living organism: Pando At first glance, it looks like an ordinary grove of quaking aspens…

On Sheri Lynch’s (USA) 14th birthday, her best friend gifted her a small grey hippopotamus plushy that she…

No-one knows for sure exactly how many bears there are in Japan, but they’re on the move —…

After being cared for by humans since birth, an 11-week-old orangutan named Sibu Junior has now been moved…

Once on the brink of extinction, the majestic California condor’s survival hinged on a daring rescue. Capturing the…

Sperm whales dive to depths of nearly 2,250 metres on a single breath, their heads packed with a waxy oil called spermaceti that solidifies under cold pressure and helps them sink like a stone toward prey they hunt in total darkness