'Eat more kangaroo meat', say ecologists
Sep 12, 2017An overabundance of the iconic marsupial has led wildlife experts to recommend a change in diet.
Life may thrive down in icy Antarctic caves
Sep 11, 2017Scientists have found evidence of life in a cave system hidden deep beneath the Antarctic ice.
New Amazon species is found every two days
VIDEO Sep 2, 2017Researchers have discovered hundreds of new plant and animal species in the Amazon over the last few years.
Brain-like blob found in a Vancouver lagoon
VIDEO Sep 1, 2017Known as a bryozoan, the alien-like creature has previously only been found east of the Mississippi River.
Scientists reveal lost secrets of the dodo
Aug 26, 2017Relatively little is known about the iconic species which was wiped out by humans over 350 years ago.
Rare white 'spirit moose' filmed in Sweden
VIDEO Aug 15, 2017The incredibly rare moose was captured on camera by councilman Hans Nilsson in Sweden's Varmland county.
Goldfish are able to create their own alcohol
Aug 14, 2017Scientists have discovered how goldfish are able to survive for months in ice-covered ponds and lakes.
New species of snake discovered in the UK
Aug 7, 2017The find brings the total number of distinct snake species in the British Isles from three to four.
'Zombie virus' causes caterpillars to explode
Aug 4, 2017A peculiar virus has been causing caterpillars in the UK to incinerate themselves in bright sunlight.
Great white shark bites underwater camera
VIDEO Aug 3, 2017A new science video has revealed what the view is like inside the mouth of a gargantuan great white.
Conjoined bat twins discovered in rainforest
Jul 28, 2017The extremely rare find is one of only a few examples of conjoined twins ever seen outside of humans.
Giant black swan once roamed New Zealand
Jul 26, 2017Scientists have found evidence of a huge, hulking semi-flightless swan that went extinct 500 years ago.
New species of giant sunfish discovered
VIDEO Jul 24, 2017Marine researcher Marianne Nyegaard has identified the first new species of sunfish in over 130 years.
Water bears could survive the apocalypse
Jul 16, 2017Scientists have identified a microscopic species capable of surviving almost any cataclysmic event.
Ants build towers out of their own bodies
VIDEO Jul 15, 2017A new study has revealed the amazing way in which fire ants cling together to form living towers.
Sea spiders pump blood using their guts
VIDEO Jul 11, 2017With bodies consisting almost entirely of legs, these undersea arthropods are truly bizarre creatures.
US Navy dolphins set to help save porpoises
Jul 1, 2017The Mexican government is hoping to use specially trained dolphins to save the vaquita porpoise.
Do giraffes often get struck by lightning ?
Jul 1, 2017Being the world's tallest animal, is the giraffe more prone to lightning strikes than other animals ?
Major new study investigates bee collapse
Jun 30, 2017The research has indicated that neonicotinoid pesticides are harmful to both honeybees and wild bees.
Deer filmed engaging in bizarre 'slap fight'
VIDEO Jun 25, 2017Footage recorded by a wildlife camera in Tennessee shows two whitetail bucks slapping each other silly.
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