The natural world has produced some of the most potent poisons known to science. Here are some of the deadliest to humans ...

But thanks to a camera-trapping project in the very southern tip of Thailand, scientists from Panthera, the global ...

Sheep and goats may look similar, share pastures and even behave alike – but can they actually produce offspring together?

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Not so dim after all: alligators and crocodiles have been caught using sticks as bait to ambush birds – a rare display of ...

They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...

Barely longer than a matchstick, this tiny Tanzanian chameleon packs one of the fastest weapons in the animal kingdom ...

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An early satellite study recorded caribou in Arctic Alaska travelling distances of 5,000km each year, but experts say ...

I decided I’d jack up the front end of the car and find something to put under the front wheels to get more traction and lift ...

While whales do need fresh water, they actually don’t need a huge amount, considering their size. This is largely because, in ...

In a horrific but easy-to-visualise scene, the ants grab its limbs and pull backwards, while the insect struggles in the ...