As the killer whales approached, the humpback arched its chest out of the water, lifting the seal clear of the surface.

In 2009, a large, lone elephant called Alexander died beside a road in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Over the next few ...

For a time, humans may have been on the menu for giant, killer eagles that soared over New Zealand, Australia, and Africa.

Approximately 99 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth, a tiny creature became trapped in tree resin ...

The three newly described species belong to the genus Gnathophis: medium-sized eels of tropical and subtropical deep waters; ...

When a great white shark got trapped in a shallow saltwater pond in Massachusets, Greg Skomal was called to help. Here’s how ...

In a practice that goes back hundreds of thousands of years, hunter-gatherer groups today light fires at night to keep wild animals, and predators especially, at bay – animals are afraid of fire, the ...

Mexican jumping beans are not beans but actually caterpillars. They are Cydia deshaisiana moth caterpillars maturing in the ...

Little red flying foxes risk deadly encounters with freshwater crocodiles as they skim river surfaces for life-saving water ...

Leopard sharks (sometimes called zebra sharks) are an exciting sight in Indonesian waters – and this one had a rare genetic ...

In years gone by, the herons would wait for fishermen returning with the day’s catch, snatching morsels from loaded buckets.

The discovery of this platypus-like ancient animal sheds new light on the early evolution of mammals. Researchers have ...