A 2025 study of blue-footed boobies found that mothers of reduced broods were 16 per cent more likely to survive the next ...

The dispute began in 1545, when winegrowers in the village of Saint-Julien, now southeastern France, complained that green ...

Fossil evidence exists of giant prehistoric insects. Dragonfly-like creatures Meganeura monyi and Meganeuropsis permiana flew ...

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That Phyllobates poison dart frogs are highly poisonous is well known – it’s in their name, after all, and a single frog can ...

In the shallow waters of Western Australia’s Shark Bay lies a beautiful seagrass meadow. Often known as Poseidon's ribbon weed (Posidonia australis) – after Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea – ...

With a single bite, prey can be incapacitated or sliced in half, by fearsome, razor-sharp teeth the same size as a great ...

Honeybees leave the hive to defecate – even very young ones, which fly for no other reason, while many ants build a refuse ...

Using satellite and drone images to analyse Adélie penguin guano, researchers discovered that the seabirds eat more fish when ...

Learn about saltwater crocodiles in our expert guide, including where they live in the wild, what they eat and whether they ...

Pine marten sightings are on the rise in the UK - partly due to people feeding them near their homes and partly because of ...

Neil is a southern elephant seal and twice a year for the past 12 years, he returns to land in a phenomenon known as ‘haulout ...