From water-jet snipers to exploding sea cucumbers, these creatures fire biological weapons with astonishing precision.

When scientists sequenced the genome of this elusive deep-sea creature, they found clues about how squids and octopuses ...

Here are 10 of the most effective predators in the ocean – and you might be surprised which one comes out on top ...

Ocean and wildlife photographer Greg Lecoeur relives his unbelievable encounter in Svalbard with both polar bears and belugas ...

Coiled in self-defence, this armoured creature – the armadillo girdled lizard – turns its body into a formidable fortress to ...

The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore ...

The Apennines are a rugged chain of mountains stretching down the spine of Italy, with deep forests roamed by wolves and ...

The relationship between oxpeckers and the large mammals from which they pick ticks is a complex one. It was long thought to ...

Land can be divided up somewhat clearly (although there are disputes about who owns what), but what happens when it comes to ...

The scientists had an inkling there might be some hydrothermal activity in this region but, despite several research trips in ...

After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length ...

Seals’ bodies are exquisitely adapted for their marine environment – one such adaptation is how they restrict the blood ...