1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (505+ words) Meet the animal kingdom’s true giants – record-breakers in height on land and in the sea Defining “tallest” gets complicated when you leave dry land. While animals like giraffes and elephants are measured by how high they stand, marine species such…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (907+ words) These deep-sea fish are known for their iconic lure which tempts prey close to their ferocious mouths so they can trap them in a cage of terrifying teeth This creature goes by several different names: Johnson’s abyssal seadevil, humpback anglerfish…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (538+ words) Wild pygmy raccoons have been filmed making and playing with pint-sized, papier-mâché footballs. The entrancing behaviour may be a rare example of wild animals making objects simply for fun. Pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) are found only on the Mexican island…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1326+ words) The world’s longest mountain range stretches nearly 9000km along South America’s west coast, through seven countries from Venezuela in the north to southern Argentina. Rising to 6967m above sea level, the Andes’ slopes are swathed in tropical forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and glaciers....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (472+ words) Mantis shrimp spend most of their lives in their burrows, only leaving home to hunt and mate Brent Durand/ Getty Images Mantis shrimp may look like a hybrid of a praying mantis (at the front) and a shrimp (at the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (263+ words) With bone-shattering swipes and scythe-like snaps, these are the most formidable, lethal tails in the animal kingdom While teeth and claws usually steal the spotlight, many animals are armed with an additional weapon: the tail. Capable of catching prey, smashing…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (227+ words) All was placid on the ocean floor, when this predator struck in a flash. Marine researchers know that anything can happen when exploring the underwater world – and that nature can be pretty brutal, both on land and in the ocean....

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (805+ words) This bird can can stand still as a statue for hours, will stare you out and cruelly kill its sibling using its huge, razor-sharp bill This odd-looking bird is a charismatic giant that can live up to 25 years in the…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1156+ words) Sprawling for a whopping 3.5 million acres of wilderness, the state of Colorado includes habitats ranging from sprawling forests to semi-arid shrublands, and alpine tundra to lowland plains. While most of the species one might encounter in Colorado, even in the…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (379+ words) The multi-armed Antarctic sun starfish is an opportunistic predator that dominates one of the harshest climates on the planet. In freezing sea temperatures as low as -2°C, only the toughest creatures can survive in Antarctica’s brutal marine conditions. One particularly…...