Next time you’re thinking about buying a car, picture this. In 1963, a wasp nest was discovered on a farm in Waimauku, New ...
Humans may not be the only species to deliberately control fire. Birds of prey have been observed picking up burning sticks ...
It chewed off its entire body, from the neck down... You might think fully-functioning, disembodied heads are the stuff of ...
On New Year’s Day in 2018 I was almost bulldozed by a humpback whale. I was shooting photos and looked up to see what ...
From bomb craters to spoil heaps, whaling stations to war zones, abandoned human landscapes are becoming unexpected ...
Birds speak different languages – but when danger strikes, some learn to listen, decoding unfamiliar calls through the voices ...
Beavers are ecosystem engineers. Their activities sculpt entire environments, creating opportunities for other species to ...
In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...
Cuttlefish can change colour in 200 milliseconds, as fast as a human can blink. Cuttlefish have W-shaped pupils, which are ...
Sperm whales are named after the waxy substance found in their large heads called spermaceti. The spermaceti is an oil sac ...
In the natural world, Antarctica is where to look for the coldest place on Earth. In 1983, thermometers at the Soviet Vostok ...
Suddenly, a sapling tree shot up in the air and there was a distant bellow. Simultaneously, our jungle guide sprang into ...