Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, ...

It glows under UV light and delivers venom that science cannot neutralise. Meet the platypus, Australia’s strangest mammal, whose bite causes extreme pain and defies treatment.

Two pandas at a Tokyo zoo will be returned to China in January, the Tokyo government said on Monday, potentially leaving ...

A researcher who extracted the animal from the eel's body believes it's the first recorded instance of one found attached to ...

Ocean depths hide sharks with extraordinary features. These creatures, from the Goblin shark's snout to the Thresher shark's ...

Read on as we reveal 30 fascinating facts about creatures great and small... Young pygmy goats (pictured above) are social ...

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

Pigs, rats, cats and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

Anglerfishes are some of the most mysterious and interesting creatures in the deep. Their beautiful bioluminescent lures and strange mating habits, however, are only the tip of the iceberg. There are ...

HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major ...

Some animals carry names that give entirely the wrong impression of what they actually are. Scientists point out that many of ...

Scientists captured rare footage of the seven-arm octopus, revealing its mysterious behavior and its role in deep-sea ...