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

Not all rodents are rats eating out of rubbish bins – these fascinating creatures from around the world show there's a lot more to rodents than meets the eye, from rainbow squirrels to prairie dogs ...

In the natural world, survival isn’t just about strength or speed—it’s a high-stakes battle of wits, chemistry, and sometimes downright bizarre biology. From cheetahs chasing gazelles across the ...

Alpine ibex are renowned for their apparent gravity-defying ability to scale near-vertical surfaces to feed (on plants and salt) and escape predators. The secret to their agility lies in the design of ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many scuba divers will know the devastation of seeing coral reefs becoming bleached and dying. That was the case for Leon Boey, founder of Livingseas Asia, so he decided to do something about it. He’s ...

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

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

According to onlookers, the possum stayed among the soft toys for a short while before venturing out of the shop and into the ...