Yes, in the southern states, there are occasional reports of small cats more normally associated with rainforest habitats of ...

One of the most interesting traits of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin is their colour – or variations that differ between populations, age groups and individuals – from grey to white, even pink.

Anything further than 15 to 20 metres away is a blur, so if they become startled by a sudden noise (say, a starting pistol) or an object that appears suddenly (say, a human sprinter), they will often ...

The global family of trap-door spiders, relatives of tarantulas, are also fond of burrowing. They have a special row of teeth that are adapted to help them dig holes to make a home even in very dry ...

The Porcupine herd is considered to have the longest round-trip migration of roughly 1,350km, with around 200,000 caribou ...

This magnificent mammal is smaller than its African cousins but it’s still the largest land-based animal in Asia. Can you ...

A new species of cave cricket has been found living within an artificial tunnel on the Greek island of Kastellorizo. Described in a new study, published in the Journal of Orthoptera Research, D.

This fish disguises itself on the seabed to trick prey into coming close, then sucks them into its hungry mouth using a strong vacuum ...

Leeches have a wonderful talent for making human skin crawl. Soft, blind and voracious, they fasten on, slice the skin and drink until they are fat with blood. Most of the time, though, the real ...

It might look like a dinosaur, but this strange, newly-discovered Triassic reptile belongs to the evolutionary lineage that ...

For years, nobody knew why great white sharks favour this area so much - until a research vessel followed them there.

Deep-sea researchers exploring underwater mountains near the Galápagos Islands have discovered a new species of octopus – and it could fit in the palm of your hand. The female octopus was first ...