They might be distantly related to our fluffy, domesticated furballs, but sabre-toothed cats aren’t the kind of cats you’d consider petting.

It was a cold, snowy January night when Audun and a friend found themselves racing out to sea to assist a humpback ...

Following centuries of persecution and habitat loss, the Italian wolf has made a dramatic recovery in Italy in the past 40 ...

The titanosaurs were a group of four-legged herbivorous dinosaurs famous for their long necks and tails, as well as their small heads. The group included the largest land animals to have ever existed ...

The toad is one of the world’s most destructive invasive species, after being introduced to countries as a biological control ...

An expert from Kew Gardens saw an unfamiliar plant in photos on social media – and believed it could be a new species ...

They once roamed large parts of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but aurochs became extinct in the 17th century when the ...

Listing all of the species you’ve seen is growing in popularity. Is this a solitary pastime for obsessive people, or a useful ...

The take-home message from the 2026 Living Planet Report is one of hope, with tiger, sea otter and African elephant populations all stable or growing.

11 staggering close up tiger photographs reveal the athletic power and brutal ferociousness of this deadly apex predator Few creatures command awe and fear quite like the tiger. These magnificent, ...

But mothers will sometimes carry their infants for days, weeks and even months. One chimpanzee in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania, was recorded carrying her deceased infant for perhaps as long as 126 ...

Scientists have uncovered a new species of extinct crocodile in Egypt, after reanalysing fossils in rock used to build the ...