From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural ...

The mouth of a praying mantis is perfectly adapted for its predatory lifestyle. Its mandibles (jawbones) are designed to ...

Want to get close to life millions of years ago? It's easier than you think. Here are 15 amazing fossils you could find ...

Sand cats leave no tracks. To find out more about these elusive felines, researchers fitted half a dozen of them with GPS collars.

It can grow over 2m long, is made up of 400 body segments and makes a strange gurgling sound as it moves beneath the ground.

When deep-sea explorers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute went on expedition off the coast of Argentina, they were amazed to see an enormous creature floating through the gloom: a giant phantom ...

Covered in dunes and the occasional palm tree, the Sahara is what we might traditionally think of as a desert – the entire 9.4 million square miles of the Sahara generally recei ...

An image of a pair of southern elephant seal pups has won the Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 contest. Matty ...

Discover the brutal techniques used by some British birds to catch their prey - from impaling on spikes through to stabbing ...

When it comes to intricacy, few animal nests can compete with those constructed by long-tailed tits. This is how they make them ...

Now, the BBC is celebrating Attenborough’s 100th birthday (on 8 May) with a special programme reflecting on the milestone series. Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure goes ...

The Atlantic sturgeon was driven to extinction in Europe by the middle of the 20th century. In Sweden’s Göta River, a ...