When saltwater crocodiles become a risk to people’s safety, they are often killed or taken into captivity. Is this fair? Do they really develop a preference for human meat?
Do sharks really have teeth on their eyeballs? Not quite - but one species does have tooth-like scales on its eyes. A paper published in 2020 reported that the eyeballs of the whale shark, the world's ...
Things took an even stranger turn when a spotted hyena started following the ragtag little group around. We'd often see the wild dog racing through the bush with the jackals skipping at her heels and ...
Fire may seem a destructive force, but for some plants, it can be helpful. In wildfire-prone lands, a blaze can bring fresh vitality by recycling and boosting nutrients, and bestowing space and light.
Often referred to as ‘nature’s clean-up crew’, vultures have developed an association with death due to their scavenging ...
According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...
A group of snorkellers found themselves face-to-face with a hooked turtle. Could they free it from the caught line without ...
Badgers are the only members of the weasel family to live communally, and that requires the building of spacious ...
With 12 eyes and a fearsome array of biting, slicing mouthparts that are able to tear prey to shreds, the sunburst's hunting ...
Naked mole rats are native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, where they live underground in huge interconnected ...
Everything you need to know about the Netflix docuseries The Dinosaurs – including the iconic voice on narrating duties ...
There are, however, some places in the world where it pays to keep an eagle eye out for anything moving in your direction – ...