This vessel was an attack cargo ship for the US Navy in the 1940s before becoming a cable repair ship in 1955. After many years of service, the Aeolus was scuttled (sunk on purpose) in 1988 off the ...

Perhaps the first thing you’ll notice is the enormous proboscis that sticks way out in front of its face. Then you may be struck by how much its rotund, furry body looks like a bee. And, in fact, its ...

It measures 310,000 square kilometres (119,000 square miles) and its ‘roots’ extend around 30 kilometres (18 miles) into the Earth’s crust. (For comparison, the US state of Washington is 184,661 ...

The tree bumblebee is one of the first bumblebee species to appear in spring. Tree bumblebees stir from their hibernation remarkably early, in February and March. Here, we’re talking about queen ...

When it comes to intricacy, few animal nests can compete with those constructed by long-tailed tits. This is how they make ...

Punk-crested waxwings are among the showiest birds of winter, with dusty pink plumage offset by a neat bandit mask. The name comes from the curious little red blobs on the tips of some of their ...

The strange-looking Picathartes have lived in the Congo for 44 million years. Bald-headed birds that mate for life and breed ...

Watch incredible BBC footage of wildebeests at the water's edge going back into crocodile-infested waters, narrated by David ...

The 126-metre-long ship went down with all its cargo when it was bombed in World War II. Now its trucks and motorbikes are home to barracudas, sea turtles and reptilian-looking crocodilefish.

In footage captured for the BBC TV programme Giant Otters of the Amazon, a caiman refuses to back down from fighting with a family of otters ...

Spectacular images of bald eagles – from the snowy mountains of Alaska to the dramatic inlets of the Canadian coast.

Canada’s rarest mammal was on the brink of extinction but, in a remarkable conservation success story, it is on the road to recovery ...