The catfish patrolling the cooling pond of the Chernobyl power plant are certainly impressive – but despite the hyped-up headlines, radiation is not the reason for their oversized stature.

It's all about trees in our South African home base this week as the country celebrates Arbor Week. To mark the occasion, we're dedicating this Top 10 to our favourite trees from across the ...

Native to the lush jungles of the Amazon, this crazy creature was caught on film by scientist and wildlife photographer Andreas Kay. Aptly known as the "snake mimic caterpillar", what you're ...

A strange phenomenon is unfolding in Fairbanks, Alaska, where several foot-long Arctic lampreys have reportedly "fallen from the sky".

Two viral cage dives, two stuck sharks, a lot of confusion. Here’s a breakdown of what really happened.

Two recently released clips from separate nature docuseries showcase the jaguar's caiman-killing capabilities.

A keen-eyed fossil enthusiast has found the largest tooth ever discovered in Australia – and it belongs to a prehistoric killer sperm whale!

Imagine a bizarre-looking fly parasite takes up residence on your face – and never leaves. That's what life is like for these long-winged bats.

Go exploring along certain rock faces in South America, and you might come across strange, smooth-walled tunnels cutting through the earth. There are hundreds of them in certain regions of Brazil ...

Once upon a time, the biggest, meanest, scariest predator in the ocean was an armoured monster named Dunkleosteus.

Science communicator Preeti Desai happened upon this strange fanged fish during a recent outing at a beach in Texas City.

For the first time in recorded history, the "unicorn of the sea" has washed up dead in Belgium.