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 ...

Scientists have discovered a new walrus haul-out on a stretch of shoreline in Svalbard – a remote archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, found between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The enormous marine ...

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 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 ...

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

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