So perfect is its camouflage that the common buff-tip moth is nearly impossible to see when resting on a branch or twig. It’s ...

For years, nobody knew why great white sharks favour this area so much - until a research vessel followed them there.

There’s one speed demon that can beat them all to the title of fastest land animal in Asia, but this master of acceleration ...

A remote community in northern Canada plays host to the annual migration of polar bears, attracting wildlife enthusiasts from ...

This hairy creature is almost impossible to see, making sightings incredibly rare – hence its nickname, the 'photographer's ...

Living in the shadow of an active volcano is nerve-wracking – but the residents of Stromboli face another challenge ...

The title of the hairiest animal goes to the sea otter, whose luxurious fur, according to a 2010 study, comprises a phenomenal 100- 160,000 hairs per square centimetre (an adult probably sports more ...

Capable of growing bigger than a full-size snooker table and weighing as much as a polar bear, this is a river monster with a serious sting in its tail. Getty. What is the world's ...

Measuring just three millimetres long, it would be easy to miss Thecacera sesame – a species of sea slug – on the colourful ...

While it may be possible to ‘resurrect’ some extinct species, such as the woolly mammoth or the dodo, bringing back dinosaurs from 66 million years ago and beyond is currently ...

Deep-sea researchers exploring underwater mountains near the Galápagos Islands have discovered a new species of octopus – and it could fit in the palm of your hand. The female octopus was first ...

Since dinosaurs were officially discovered in the early 19th century we’ve asked ourselves what it would be like to live ...