If we're being honest, the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus insonus) is not much to look at. It's a fairly conventional bunny: long ears, strong hind legs, short tail, a little chubby. Except ...

A rarely seen megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) was recently spotted in east Africa for the very first time. It was recorded in a market in Zanzibar, where it was being sold after being captured ...

From glowing scorpions to twisted morays, the winning images and finalists in the Nature Photography Contest 2023 offer a glimpse into the delicate beauty of the natural world. A new addition to the ...

It was an overcast morning on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia last Saturday when conservation officers for the Way Kambas National Park came upon the newest member of a nearly extinct species resting ...

Nile crocodiles are thick-skinned animals capable of withstanding some abuse, but for one croc in Zambia's Kafue National Park an onslaught by a pride of 13 lions proved its undoing. This remarkable ...

One dawn in 2010, the sound of adzan from the mosque reverberated among the wooden houses of Seumanah Jaya, a village in Indonesia’s Aceh province, on the north end of the island of Sumatra. The call ...

Leucism, piebaldism and albinism fall under a suite of skin pigmentation disorders called hypomelanosis. Although animals afflicted with these deficiencies share similarities, the conditions can be ...

The astonishing winning images in the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year competition were recently unveiled and the collection includes shots from across the globe that showcase the beauty of not just ...

Yellow anacondas are amongst the world's largest snakes and will readily gobble up chubby capybaras and peccaries, but an adult caiman is an ambitious target even for the most sizeable snakes. In a ...

A bald eagle is an intimidating bird, to say the least: With a wingspan of 2.1 to 2.4 metres (7 to 8 feet) and a mass that may exceed 6.8 kilograms (15 lbs.), this New World sea eagle shares honours ...

These big-eyed birds are found in tropical Central and South America where they spend their days resting beneath the rainforest canopy pretending to be trees. Potoos are nocturnal, so to avoid ...

In a feline face-off between lion and leopard, the larger species has a clear advantage. Even the heftiest leopards come up about 20 kilograms shy of the smallest lions, and the latter rarely travel ...