A massive inner toe on their clawed feet can be 125mm (5in) long and razor-sharp. They will use this claw to rip open the ...

Capturing wildlife on film isn’t without risk, but filming crews are kept safe by numerous safety measures and equipment.

Where you find them can also give you a clue. While dugongs live in saltwater habitats in the Indo-Pacific – like shallow, ...

Spiders have been known to make their webs in and around toilet seats as this is an excellent place to trap flies and other ...

The orangutan can be seen carefully making his way along the rope structure, which was put up two years ago to provide the ...

Once another slug appears, their mating dance involves circling around each other, sometimes lunging and nipping. And in ...

A population of deep-water corals that used to live in the Galápagos disappeared from the fossil record for more than a ...

Separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan is a flat expanse covering some 181,000km² and the site of ...

Settling down on a bed of moss, the bear uses its huge claws to tear into the plant’s spiny, rosette-shaped leaves, grabbing ...

We take a look at just how spiders make their silk. Did you know they can make different fibre strengths for different tasks?

A single nest can reach over 30 metres in diameter and extend several metres deep. The largest nest on record covered an area ...

Two individual jumping spiders ventured beyond Earth in 2012, when they were taken on board the International Space Station.