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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Over 160 wild dogs inhabit the Save conservancy, but this film focused attention on just one of these formidable packs known as the Pungwe pack. Our story begins with the birth of 16 pups ...

Zimbabwe is well known for having some of the most stunning and diverse national parks in Africa. This fast-paced series, hosted by Karina Holmes, looks at some of the most exclusive luxury safari ...

In this three part series we retrace Marco Polo’s legendary journey from Venice to the far reaches of the Mongol Empire, which he started in 1271. His travels 700 years ago revealed an exotic ...

This week, disturbing a protected falcon nest leads to jail time, a deadly virus linked to camels in the Middle East, big trouble for endangered dolphins and lemurs at the San Francisco Zoo get ...

Sad news about Thailand’s coin-swallowing turtle, an injured tiger cub on the road to recovery, the contagious laughter of kea parrots and some exciting species discoveries you should know about.

A vast stretch of pristine ocean in the Antarctic declared the world’s largest marine reserve, a rare seal gets much-needed federal protection, WWF’s new report receives criticism and how ...