Nest of 400,000 wasps found in camper van
11-10-2014 |
33
Measuring 10ft across, the huge nest was discovered in California by Robert McDougal.
Bats can use sonar jamming to steal food
11-9-2014 | 9
Mexican free-tailed bats have the remarkable ability to sabotage the food finding efforts of their peers.
4-acre spider web found in Baltimore building
11-7-2014 | 30
More than 107 million orb-weaver spiders are thought to be responsible for the spectacle.
Giant tortoises make 'miraculous' recovery
10-29-2014 | 14
Where once there were just 15 Espanola giant tortoises left there are now more than 1,000.
Do spiders possess 'super powers' ?
10-26-2014 | 22
Compared to humans, spiders are capable of some impressive feats of speed, strength and endurance.
Northern white rhinos on brink of extinction
10-19-2014 | 33
One of the last remaining northern white rhinos has died leaving only six left alive in the whole world.
Greenpeace submarine attacked by squids
10-14-2014 | 24
A two-man submersible was attacked by a pair of the invertebrates during an expedition in the Bering Sea.
Man dies after being attacked by 800,000 bees
10-9-2014 | 18
The massive swarm of bees had been unwittingly unleashed by two men working at a house in Arizona.
35,000 walruses gather on Alaskan beach
10-1-2014 | 22
Massive numbers of the seaborne mammals hauled themselves on to the shoreline for a bit of a rest.
Wild chimp culture caught on camera
10-1-2014 | 13
Researchers have captured evidence of chimpanzees learning a new type of tool use from one another.
Machu Picchu home to giant 'extinct' rat
9-28-2014 | 8
A species of rat thought to be extinct has been rediscovered near the Incan city's ruins in Peru.
'Finding Nemo' fish migrate vast distances
9-21-2014 | 4
Real-life clownfish have more in common with their big screen counterpart than was previously believed.
Man-eating Leopard is 'targeting drunks'
9-14-2014 | 46
A particularly deadly big cat is thought to have killed 12 people from remote Himalayan villages.
Eggs from deadly spider found in bananas
9-10-2014 | 26
A woman from Essex returned from the supermarket to find a clutch of strange eggs on a bunch of bananas.
Endangered blue whale numbers on the rise
9-6-2014 | 14
A conservation success story off the coast of California has seen blue whales thriving in recent years.
'Alien mushroom creatures' found in Australia
9-4-2014 | 20
A bizarre and unclassifiable type of mushroom-shaped sea creature has been identified by researchers.
Radioactive wild boar wander Europe's woods
9-3-2014 | 23
The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are still being felt in Europe more than 28 years later.
Walking fish adapt when raised on land
VIDEO 8-31-2014 | 2
Scientists compared the development of walking fish raised on land with that of those raised in water.
Very rare blue lobster caught off Maine
8-27-2014 | 8
Teenager Meghan LaPlante discovered the crustacean while checking lobster traps at the weekend.
Coywolf species appears in North America
8-25-2014 | 21
A cross between coyotes and wolves has been taking over in some areas of the United States.
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