The fourth of five ocean zones – the abyssopelagic zone or the abyss – stretches from 4,000 to 6,000 metres deep ...

Looking down on it from above, the world’s deepest sinkhole, Xiaozhai Tiankeng, looks as though someone used an enormous apple corer to gauge a chunk out of the earth’s core. Steep sides give way to a ...

A vast, tangled delta of mangrove forests straddling India and Bangladesh, the Sundarbans is a hauntingly beautiful yet ...

Tightening around this male’s neck, the wire would have caused serious damage and risked infection, had it not been removed.” ...

What unites animals, plants, fungi, and protists in the same domain is the fact that they’re all composed of eukaryotic cells ...

A massive inner toe on their clawed feet can be 125mm (5in) long and razor-sharp. They will use this claw to rip open the ...

Sea otters eat 25% of their body weight in food every day. Their diet includes sea urchins, crabs, mussels, and clams . They ...

Two individual jumping spiders ventured beyond Earth in 2012, when they were taken on board the International Space Station.

Capturing wildlife on film isn’t without risk, but filming crews are kept safe by numerous safety measures and equipment.

We take a look at just how spiders make their silk. Did you know they can make different fibre strengths for different tasks?

Where you find them can also give you a clue. While dugongs live in saltwater habitats in the Indo-Pacific – like shallow, ...