In some cases, chimpanzees dabbed their open wounds with leaves. In rarer cases, they chewed up plant material (like leaves or stem bark) and applied it directly to the affected area with their mouths ...

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 ...

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.

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

These could be the first definite trilobite eggs ever found.

No feature contributes to the goblin shark's ghoulish appearance more than its pair of extendible jaws. And now we know exactly how they work.

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

The green woodpecker's tongue is so long that it has to coil behind the skull, over the eyes and into the right nostril just to fit inside the bird's head.

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

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 ...

From towering behemoths to supersized horns, we’re taking a closer look at a few awesome prehistoric members of the rhino family.

Is that a caiman? Nope, it's a cat! And not just any cat – a black jaguar. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) CEO Carter Roberts recalls how a member of the WWF team spotted a dark shape moving ...