Mating in the animal world is a complex and fascinating phenomenon that reveals the diverse strategies species employ for ...

Researchers detected short clicking noises from rig sharks during handling in the lab, though they're not sure why or how the sound is produced ...

Evolutionary biologists working in the Philippines have long puzzled over a hard-to-find amphibian mystery: the Leyte Chorus ...

Steve Brown, 51, was arrested in 2023 after his neighbour alerted the SSPCA over the shocking abuse of animals and decided to ...

Some say fake wasp nests are the secret to a sting-free summer. Others say it’s all buzz. Here’s what actually happens when ...

Plastic bottles, smartphones, chicken bones – and the wider debris of everyday life – are tipped to outlast human civilisation and become the defining fossils of our age.

A chorus of weird sounds heard in the dark in Northern Virginia’s Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge has been linked to a predator that has expanded its range into Virginia. Video shared by the U.S ...

Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...

What’s likely happening is that when cats purr, special “pads” embedded within their vocal cord muscles contract and relax, causing a vibration-like noise every time the cat inhales and exhales and ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years.

Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ...