Coiled in self-defence, this armoured creature – the armadillo girdled lizard – turns its body into a formidable fortress to ...

Males deliver their sperm with a penis-like anal fin, which cannot be retracted. Well-endowed males are more likely to ...

Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter ...

The Apennines are a rugged chain of mountains stretching down the spine of Italy, with deep forests roamed by wolves and ...

This is the first time that this elusive whale, which usually lives in the Arctic, has been seen in Irish waters. However, ...

After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length ...

This ground-loving species flies only sparingly, except when on migration or during courtship, and does not usually wade.

Seals’ bodies are exquisitely adapted for their marine environment – one such adaptation is how they restrict the blood ...

The relationship between oxpeckers and the large mammals from which they pick ticks is a complex one. It was long thought to ...

The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore ...

Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter ...

The truth is, our butterflies have been declining for many years, thanks to a combination of habitat loss and pesticides. And ...