Named after the wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch, which locks the other stones into position and prevents collapse, a keystone species is one that plays a central role in the structure of an ...

Albino animals are a rare and striking sight in the wild. In this gallery browse fascinating images of albino animals. With pale or completely white skin, fur or feathers, albino animals are a rare ...

In the first clip from BBC TV series Kingdom, David Attenborough narrates a tense encounter between a pregnant hyena and pack of wild dogs ...

This title goes to the black mamba, a snake that occurs in the dry bushlands of eastern Africa and is well known for its neurotoxic venom. A largely terrestrial species that can reach approximately 4m ...

But that doesn’t stop us from dragging other creatures into the fray. History is full of accounts about animals being used in various capacities during armed conflicts. Sometimes they have been ...

Despite being two different species of squirrel the grey and red squirrel do share some similarities, says Mark Henderson from the Red Squirrel Survival Trust. Both squirrels are arboreal (tree ...

Ghostly white forms drifted like white handkerchiefs on the brisk night breeze, dipping, rising, flapping, turning and tumbling over an inky black ocean. My small sailing boat rocked gently on the ...

The shortlist for Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) 2025 has been announced – and there are some truly stunning shots, including brilliant butterflies, posing frogs, stalking spiders and ...

There are few creatures more synonymous with the word ‘deadly’ than dinosaurs. As a group, dinosaurs pioneered many of the traits we associate with dangerous animals today – big teeth, large bodies, ...

Nostrils weren’t always used for breathing. Back when we were all still fish, our noses were good only for smelling – as modern fishes’ noses still are. And we’d have had two pairs of nostrils, one ...

A species of bear that lives in China, almost all of the giant panda’s close relatives are meat-eaters. A few million years ago, giant pandas were too. For some reason that we are still unsure of, ...