What makes a mother’s heart race? For Japanese house bats, the answer may lie in the mysterious bond between mother and pup.

Coral reefs are just one environment where birds act as highly effective ‘nutrient processing machines’ in ecosystems ...

The word talon is normally applied to birds of prey. So what are these talon-possessing birds and how do they employ them?

All too often the world of birds is associated mainly with men. Jo Wimpenny remembers some brilliant but overlooked women who ...

In footage captured for the BBC TV programme Giant Otters of the Amazon, a caiman refuses to back down from fighting with a family of otters ...