World's oldest living animal is 183 years old
Jan 9, 2016Despite being around for almost two centuries, Jonathan the Aldabra giant tortoise is still going strong.
Weird fungus looks like an alien facehugger
Jan 3, 2016The bizarrely named 'octopus stinkhorn' looks rather a lot like something from the Alien movie franchise.
'Man stupid, fix Earth' says Koko the gorilla
VIDEO Jan 2, 2016A gorilla who can speak sign language has appeared in a new video to raise awareness for climate change.
Gigantic sea spiders reported at the poles
VIDEO Dec 30, 2015Scientists have discovered that some species of sea spider have been growing to abnormally large sizes.
Crowds queue up to see Corpse Flower bloom
VIDEO Dec 29, 2015A particularly unusual and foul-smelling flower is known to bloom only once every 1,000 days.
Live giant squid filmed off coast of Japan
VIDEO Dec 27, 2015An underwater camera has picked up rare footage of a large squid in the waters of Japan's Toyama Bay.
Glow-in-the-dark 'ninja lanternshark' found
Dec 26, 2015Scientists have discovered a bizarre new species of shark that has been given an even more bizarre name.
Scientists find life form that lives forever
Dec 24, 2015A group of invertebrates known as hydra have the unique ability to regenerate themselves indefinitely.
Extinct giant tortoises could live again
Dec 10, 2015Scientists are hoping to breed hybrid tortoises in a renewed attempt to resurrect two extinct subspecies.
Extremely rare deep sea squid caught on film
VIDEO Dec 7, 2015Researchers have captured footage of a mysterious species of deep sea cephalopod off the coast of Hawaii.
Killer monkeys drop bricks on priest in India
Dec 3, 2015At least three people are thought to have been killed recently by monkeys in India's Nolanda district.
Fungus could drive bananas to extinction
VIDEO Dec 2, 2015Researchers have warned that a deadly type of fungus could devastate banana crops around the world.
Mystery surrounds unexplained bird deaths
Nov 26, 2015Scientists have been struggling to explain why some UK garden birds are drowning themselves en masse.
700 dead fish found washed up in Australia
Nov 23, 2015Mystery surrounds the deaths of several hundred fish found along the shoreline to the south of Perth.
'Blue dragon' sea slug washes up in Australia
VIDEO Nov 22, 2015An extremely rare and unusual type of sea creature has been found washed up on a beach in Queensland.
Natural history specimens have wrong names
Nov 17, 2015Researchers have revealed that half of all natural history specimens in museums are incorrectly labeled.
Cockroaches possess a 'turbocharged' bite
Nov 16, 2015The humble cockroach is able to bite something with a force 50 times greater than its own body weight.
Man films the ground 'breathing in and out'
VIDEO Nov 11, 2015New footage has emerged showing the ground literally heaving up and down within a forest in Canada.
5,000-year-old tree undergoes a sex change
VIDEO Nov 6, 2015Something unusual seems to be happening to the famed Fortingall Yew - one of the oldest trees in Europe.
North America home to millions of 'coywolves'
VIDEO Nov 2, 2015A new wolf-coyote hybrid species is starting to take over and could already number in the millions.
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