We take a look at the birds of prey with the largest numbers in the world and the reasons behind their healthy population ...

Qninba notes that falcons cache dead prey with flight feathers intact. “The fact that some live prey had been plucked ...

An enormous male emerged from the darkness. His head and mane loomed impossibly large. He grunted and advanced towards us.

The next morning, we tried again, and the same thing happened. That day she slept and slept, buried under the tea towel, ...

Elephants are responding to poaching and human-wildlife conflict in unpredictable ways, and even an experienced guide can ...

But, unusually, the adults can only survive on the haemolymph (the insect equivalent of blood) of their own grubs. And they ...

What are moon bears? Where do moon bears live? learn all about one of the world's lesser-known bear species, the beguiling moon bear ...

In the late 1950s, the Kariba Gorge duly began to flood. Operation Noah, as the exercise becomes known, would continue until ...

The lasso is a long line of silk with a small blob of glue, called a ‘bolas’, on the end. Female bolas spiders first attract ...

Silent wings, razor-sharp talons, and killer precision—these apex aerial predators rule the skies. Here are the world’s ...

Whether for wildfire dodging or sucking up moisture, growing underground is a clever tactic for trees in savannahs and sandy ...