"I was filming in the Coral Sea when a huge shark rocketed up from the deep and came straight for me..." marine photographer ...

Can a tree protect itself if being eaten?

At Cahill’s Crossing in Northern Territory, traversing a flooded causeway could be risky, but the bigger danger is provided ...

It's bigger than a double bed, weighs the same as a scrambler motorbike – and has one deadly sting... What are the largest jellyfish in the world? And how big can they grow? Stuart Blackman takes a ...

Beavers also like the entrance to their lodge or burrow to be submerged, so if they live in an area with fluctuating water levels, they’ll build a dam to create a deep pond. Dams are not usually found ...

The alkali fly is one of only a handful of life forms that can survive the toxic waters of California’s Mono Lake, which is ...

"Now on all fours, it turned and charged at the tiger. As it took the lead, the feline retreated gradually"– A photographer ...

Big-eyed fish, white squat lobsters and curious-looking brittle stars are all living among the wrecked ship, new study ...

Some sharks do need to keep swimming to stay alive, but not all. Like other fish, sharks extract oxygen by passing water over their gills, says Ellen Husain. Many of the larger, faster species use ram ...

The world’s largest frog species is very aptly named – the goliath frog, also known as the giant slippery frog and goliath bullfrog. Native to Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, it can grow up to 32cm in ...

These whale researchers were looking for their tagging equipment when they found an entangled whale. They knew they had to act – and fast ...

There is evidence to suggest that our closest animal relatives - monkeys and apes - also exchange valuable commodities: for example, grooming for alliance, or sex for food. In experiments, several ...