Overnight, George had taken not only his final breath but the final breath of his entire species, the Pinta Island tortoise, ...

The megamouth shark – a sluggish but arresting-looking filter-feeder that basically puts the head of a majorly oversized frog on the body of a mackerel shark – only emerged on the scientific radar in ...

There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. To me, as a behavioural ecologist, who is interested ...

Across the vast Northern Hemisphere range of the moose, this biggest member of the deer family is just past the rigours of the rut, aka the breeding season. That autumnal stretch of the calendar ...

If you've seen it in a horror movie, an insect probably did it first. Some squirt acid from their butts, others liquify their victims, and then there are those that make zombies out of their prey ...

WARNING: This footage is extremely graphic and may offend sensitive viewers. In March 2013 Kruger National Park section ranger Richard Sowry captured the ugly face of South Africa's poaching ...

‘Pride in Battle’ is the epic story of the rapidly growing Xakanaxa pride as it battles to survive through one of the Okavango’s harshest winters. Twenty-one adults and cubs now make up the ...

Ragged-tooth sharks might look ferocious with their rows of razor sharp teeth but these creatures are surprisingly docile and are happy to share the water with curious divers. In this week's ...

Spooky wreck diving in Thailand EPISODE SYNOPSIS Anemone Reef is teeming with all of the usual marine life you'd expect to find in the waters of Thailand ... but there's something else submerged ...

It’s no holiday for the gibbons of Thailand. Habitat loss, poaching for traditional medicine and the cruel capture of baby gibbons for both the pet and tourism trade have left all but one ...

Homosexual Giraffes Do What Comes Naturally EPISODE SYNOPSIS At any moment in time, one in every 20 male giraffes can be found amorously necking with another male. Or so says one study into ...