They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...

Perhaps they were curious as to what these strange, heavily-laden humans were doing in their territory – a vast, unspoiled ...

Sheep and goats may look similar, share pastures and even behave alike – but can they actually produce offspring together?

But thanks to a camera-trapping project in the very southern tip of Thailand, scientists from Panthera, the global ...

“I will never forget that moment. I called out to the others. The little shrew looked like something we had only seen once ...

Not so dim after all: alligators and crocodiles have been caught using sticks as bait to ambush birds – a rare display of ...

Barely longer than a matchstick, this tiny Tanzanian chameleon packs one of the fastest weapons in the animal kingdom ...

An early satellite study recorded caribou in Arctic Alaska travelling distances of 5,000km each year, but experts say ...

I decided I’d jack up the front end of the car and find something to put under the front wheels to get more traction and lift ...

While whales do need fresh water, they actually don’t need a huge amount, considering their size. This is largely because, in ...

Examples abound of animals appearing to predict natural disasters, with anecdotes dating back as far as Ancient Greece, when ...

In a horrific but easy-to-visualise scene, the ants grab its limbs and pull backwards, while the insect struggles in the ...