7+ hour, 11+ 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…...

3+ day, 16+ min 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…...

3+ day, 1+ 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…...

4+ day, 8+ min ago   (349+ words) It would be a brave animal that took on the world's biggest creature In the ocean, different animals have their own unique self-defence strategies to help them survive predators. Some, like crustaceans have hard shells to protect their vulnerable parts....

4+ day, 54+ min ago   (208+ words) Here's exactly how insects breathe without lungs If breathing is defined as the rhythmic movement of air into and out of the lungs, then insects don’t technically breathe as they lack the necessary organ. Instead, air passively enters their bodies…...

5+ day, 27+ min ago   (187+ words) Most jellyfish don't need proper eyes. Here's why box jellyfish do Most jellyfish are passive feeders, this means that species such as moon jellyfish don’t need proper eyes, and instead possess simple, light-sensitive ‘eye-spots’ or ‘ocelli’ that detect light and…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (521+ words) Learn about the potent venom of these dangerous reptiles, as well as habitats, and the risks they pose to humans. Did you know Australia is home to nearly all the world’s deadliest, or at least most venomous, snakes? Snake venom…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (639+ words) In a beehive, it’s all about survival of the fittest – and it turns out the queen bee will go far to ensure she is the healthiest of them all. Scientists from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), have found…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (340+ words) How different are elephants to woolly mammoths? Stuart Blackman explains how these two giant differ Woolly mammoths hold a special place in the part of the human brain that thinks about extinct species, where they jostle for space with dinosaurs…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (214+ words) Speeding boats can harm marine animals and cause safety issues for those onboard. Robert Sarginson had been filming a mother and calf swimming on Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia in August. The two whales “were surfacing regularly to breathe and…...