Scientists have identified and climbed a record-breaking tree in Borneo that measures a whopping 328ft in height.
A rare white whale has been filmed splashing through the waves off the west coast of Baja California, Mexico.
A South Florida neighborhood has been besieged this month by countless thousands of poisonous cane toads.
A Texas man who recently crawled under his house to fix his cable found rather more than he had bargained for.
Intriguing footage of a sleeping octopus has suggested that cephalopods may have some concept of dreaming.
Rainer Schimpf had been filming a sardine run when he inadvertently ended up in the mouth of a huge whale.
Parts of Southern California were relentlessly hammered by bolt after bolt of lightning earlier this week.
Two separate ranger patrols have reported sightings of the Formosan clouded leopard in a remote forest region.
This spectacular natural phenomenon turns a waterfall of melting snow in to a fiery cascade of bright orange.
Researchers were surprised to discover that a fish nick-named 'Mary' had been carrying fertilized eggs.
A gigantic species of bee thought to have gone extinct has been discovered alive and well on a remote island.
This emperor penguin recorded for a BBC documentary is almost entirely black due to a rare genetic mutation.
A new comprehensive review has highlighted a worrying decline in insect populations across the world.
A group of resourceful chimpanzees recently escaped from their enclosure in Belfast zoo after a storm.
A Japanese spider crab was caught on film at SeaWorld San Diego shedding its shell like a suit of armor.
Scientists from Australia and France have determined that bees are capable of mastering basic maths skills.
A snake found inside the belly of another snake in the 1970s has turned out to represent a whole new genus.
A recent expedition to the depths of a giant marine sinkhole in Belize has revealed some intriguing finds.
The eerie phenomenon, which can occur during hot, humid weather, is an arachnophobe's worst nightmare.
Footage from north-western Mexico shows why it's best not to poke at anything that's hiding inside a hole.