2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (594+ words) Learn all about great apes in this expert guide from Nakedi Maputla from African Wildlife Foundation Bigger and brainer than all other primates, great apes are also distinguished by their sophisticated social structures and the way they exhibit culture. As…...

17+ hour, 3+ min ago   (176+ words) Quite often, in a case of ‘polar confusion’, people envision polar bears rubbing shoulders with penguins in some unspecified icy waste. And with sea-ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at record lows, some wits might suggest transplanting starving bears to…...

18+ hour, 32+ min ago   (177+ words) I was in Norway, checking out a hide a friend was building. He’d told me not to bother bringing my camera. While on site, we saw a female stoat on the move with nine kits. It was an amazing spectacle....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (907+ words) These deep-sea fish are known for their iconic lure which tempts prey close to their ferocious mouths so they can trap them in a cage of terrifying teeth This creature goes by several different names: Johnson’s abyssal seadevil, humpback anglerfish…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (408+ words) This first reintroduction marks a milestone in efforts to slowly establish a viable wild population in the West African country. After an absence of more than 20 years in the wild in Niger, the North African ostrich has returned to its…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (341+ words) For blue-lined octopus, mating is a dangerous game. That’s why males inject females with venom before sex, according to a new study. Their saliva contains a potent neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX), which they use to paralyse their prey and protect…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (538+ words) Wild pygmy raccoons have been filmed making and playing with pint-sized, papier-mâché footballs. The entrancing behaviour may be a rare example of wild animals making objects simply for fun. Pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) are found only on the Mexican island…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (402+ words) Researchers examined the bone structure of the spider-tailed horn viper that lures dinner with an extraordinary flick of its tail. For the first time, scientists have been able to study the bone structure of one the more extraordinary serpentine tails…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (462+ words) The critically endangered Tsushima leopard cat had an abnormally short tail – a characteristic that had never been recorded in the species before – and researchers wanted to find out why. The Tsushima leopard cat has been given a “clean genetic bill…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (282+ words) Is the wildlife really more deadly 'down under'? Helen Pilcher takes a look at why Australia has so many dangerous animals Australia has a reputation for being full of deadly wildlife – and with good reason. The vast antipodean island is…...