In just over 10 years, the population of Peruvian diving petrels on Choros Island soared from 12,000 breeding pairs to nearly 90,000, offering hope in a time of global seabird declines.

Researchers in South Carolina wanted to find out how temperature fluctuations influence the sex of American alligators – and ...

Naturewatch is a new videocast from the BBC that celebrates the best of British wildlife each week. Alongside Chris Packham ...

When a night diver dipped into the waters off Komodo island, Indonesia, he saw what looked like a living piece of algae ...

There are other clues to a supposed malevolence. Its stalks, and sometimes the leaves, are blood-red. When pressed, they have a nasty smell, hence one of the plant’s folk names, ‘stinking Bob’.

El Niño and La Niña events influence weather patterns across the globe. Now, scientists have identified the conditions necessary to predict some of those events a year in advance, potentially ...

Researchers have uncovered unequivocal evidence of fossilised red blood cells inside a 115-million-year-old dinosaur bone.

Three other bird species have been confirmed breeding in the UK for the first time in the past 10 years: the Iberian ...

The world's fastest land mammal is an extraordinary athlete, capable of speeds that would leave even an Olympic sprinter ...

Silent wings, razor-sharp talons, and killer precision—these apex aerial predators rule the skies. Here are the world’s ...

Discover the fascinating origins, functions, and significance of this iconic marine appendage - the narhwal's tusk ...

Researchers studying scavenger communities in Ecuador were stunned when a carnivorous mammal attempted to attack a group of ...