Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two nights. But those ...

When entomologist and renowned photographer Piotr Naskrecki posted images of long-winged bats plagued by facehuggers, he caused a bit of a stir. At first glance, the strange creatures look like ...

When a new video of catfish patrolling the cooling pond of the Chernobyl power plant surfaced online earlier this month, it didn't take long for the usual cries of "monster fish!" to follow. Yes, the ...

Long before enormous sharks like the great white, long before even the giant marine reptiles of the Age of Dinosaurs, in a world where animal life had only just begun to leave the seas, the biggest, ...

It's all about trees in our South African home base this week as the country celebrates Arbor Week. To mark the occasion, we're dedicating this Top 10 to our favourite trees from across the African ...

Native to the lush jungles of the Amazon, this crazy creature was caught on film by scientist and wildlife photographer Andreas Kay. Aptly known as the "snake mimic caterpillar", what you're looking ...

Editor's note: While they help to convey an important message, the images and video in this post may be disturbing to some readers. Back in August, we watched as marine biologist Dr Nathan Robinson ...

Last week, we posted in detail about the rule violations that led to a shark-diving accident off Mexico's Guadalupe Island. Shortly afterwards, a second accident (featured in a YouTube video) went ...

Our planet is a busy, crazy place. And amidst all the noise, voices get lost and some stories are never heard. That’s especially true of our planet’s countless wild species: big and small, threatened ...

Almost everything about the goblin shark reflects the harshness of the dark underworld it calls home. With nutrients so hard to come by in the deep sea, energy savings have meant cutbacks in the ...

Leucism, piebaldism and albinism fall under a suite of skin pigmentation disorders called hypomelanosis. Although animals afflicted with these deficiencies share similarities, the conditions can be ...

Because of their docile nature and tendency to wait around for human scraps near fishing docks, nurse sharks are often dubbed the "puppy dogs" of the shark world. But this oddball specimen, seen ...