A team of researchers have collected hundreds of previously unknown species to understand the impact of deep-sea mining ...

To put that into perspective, it’s almost twice the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York – the copper statue measures 46.05 metres from base to torch. Needless to say, the General Sherman tree ...

The Narcisse Snake Dens, in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, are a mixture of grassland and forest, covering a limestone bedrock. Over millions of years, water has seeped into the porous limestone ...

While sharks may have emerged before trees, it’s the latter that holds the title of the longest-living organisms. The oldest-known, still-living, individual tree is a 4,857-year-old Californian ...

There is a giant, carnivorous centipedes killing and eating up to 3,700 black-winged petrel chicks annually on a remote Sou ...

The coco-de-mer, a native tree of the Seychelles, has record-breaking seeds which can reach a whopping 40-50cm in diameter. But why do they grow so big?

Oil spill incidents always involve birds being rescued and cleaned – but why is oil so damaging, and in many cases fatal, to birds?

Research reveals the flight paths of ancient birds kickstarted the evolution of an exceptionally biodiverse mountain range in ...

Think of it less like a conventional nest, and more like an apartment block. Each structure contains hundreds of individual chambers, which are each home to a single pair of birds and their brood.

Their name comes from the half-bird, half-human Harpy from Greek mythology, which was feared for its habit of carrying people away – much like the way harpy eagles prey on tree-dwelling animals such ...

Cameraman Barrie Britton and I had been in the Kambui Hills, south-east Sierra Leone, for a few days when the trouble started ...

According to YouGov surveys, 15 per cent of British men and 22 per cent of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a ...