The wolf-fish takes both its common name and Latin name from its prominent, canine-like teeth and incredibly powerful jaws ...

We were searching for shoebill storks in Bangweulu, Zambia, an area resembling a mini Okavango Delta, when a hippo burst from ...

The monitor lizard is not a single species but an entire genus and is one of nature’s most successful reptilian lineages ...

"When threatened it slips into a crevice and inflates its body like a rubber raft. Within seconds, it's twice its original ...

Discover the key differences between sharks and rays, two fascinating members of the cartilaginous fish family.

Sarah was staying on a tiny coral island near Panama when an unexpected visitor arrived at – and tried to get in – her cabin ...

The wartime shipwreck has become an artificial reef, home to groupers, wrasse, lionfish and critically endangered ...

Learn all about the musk ox, including where its name comes from, and why they're actually more closely related to sheep and goats than to bison and cattle ...

cuttlefish belong to the group of marine animals known as cephalopods, which also include the octopus and nautilus among their tribe.

While most animals that have no predators are what we call ‘apex predators’, meaning they are right at the top of the food ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of flowering plant in Thailand – and have named it the ‘devil flower’. Botanists from Chulalongkorn University and Prince of Songkla University uncovered it ...

These deep-ocean fish usually spend their time around 1,000 metres below the surface, but sometimes they rise to the shallows ...