Like any other barnacle, itstarts life as a plankton, but moults into a very different creature; a ‘cypris’ larva stage, when ...

These tiny microorganisms come together to create large, multicellular networks capable of navigating mazes and re-routing transport ...

Cetaceans can be split into two main types: baleen whales (which have a sieve-like structure within their mouth to catch tiny fish when they take a gulp of water) and toothed whales (which eat prey ...

Nolwenn Dheilly, one of the scientists involved, said “We strongly believe that such three-way systems are extremely common, and that many parasites use microbes as biological weapons to modify the ...

At the business end of these raiding parties are the soldiers, bearing enormous heads armed with long, scissor-like mandibles capable of dismantling prey piece by piece. Their prey range is ...

This elusive inhabitant of equatorial African rainforests is the biggest of all monkeys and arguably the most beautiful. The 30kg males - three times the weight of females - are adorned with a golden ...

Rabies is one of the most feared diseases in the world with good reason, but thankfully now vaccinations are available ...

However, a study published in October 2025 may have finally solved the mystery surrounding their origin, linking the ...

Great white sharks may have reputation for being a ruthless apex predator, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be scared away ...

The 'bees knees' is one of those phrases that sounds perfectly normal – until you stop and think about it. The 'bee’s knees'? Really? Why are we praising something by comparing it to a tiny insect’s ...

Wildlife photographer Rémi Vacher has photographed everything from young leopards trying to hunt in Sri Lanka, to vipers snuggled in the sand in Dubai, and Weddell seals snoozing in Antarctica.

The Great Smoky Mountains lie like a group of slumbering giants along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee in the south ...