The Goliath birdeater ( Theraphosa blondi) is the world’s largest spider, with a leg span up to 30 cm (12 in). Its hairy, ...

big cat photos that capture the raw power, lethal hunting skills and brutal intensity of the world’s most formidable feline ...

Beneath a tree where a sloth sleeps, juvenile caimans lurk in the long grasses. The air is thick with the sound of an ...

One supercolony in Europe spans 6000 km of the coasts of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy and contains millions of ...

Bringing down an elk, buffalo or musk ox, let alone a human, does not present much of a challenge. Luckily, they tend to ...

The tiny turtles’ perilous haul across the sand is akin to a marathon across the world’s most dangerous obstacle course but ...

A contender for Britain's largest insect could be the largest UK beetle, the stag beetle ( Lucanus cervus, measuring in at 35 ...

Fifty formerly captive Aldabra giant tortoises have been released onto an exclusive private island in the Seychelles. The ...

"Before the land consolidations of the 197oS," Riegel continues, "we had hamsters, hares, partridges, orchards and vineyards ...

‘Noctourism’ is a burgeoning trend: a 2024 Booking.com survey of people from 33 countries suggested that 62 per cent ...

Researchers observed the unique behaviour near Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago 220 miles off the coast of mainland Brazil ...

Leopard mothers with young cubs are notoriously elusive, but one female in Botswana has allowed wildlife photographer Suzi ...