Animals

Fernanda the tortoise

Scientists find ‘long-extinct’ giant tortoise alive in the Galápagos

Dolphins experience pleasure from "large clitorises"

Scientist says she is ‘amazed’ by the size of dolphin clitorises

Earth Day is celebrated around the world on 22 April.

These climate heroes of 2022 are giving us hope on Earth Day

Amare in the gorilla enclosure.

Stop showing our gorilla selfies, says Chicago zoo

Meerkats at ZSL London Zoo enjoy Easter treats

Watch animals at London Zoo eggsplore their Easter treats

15/04/2022

A Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine), which was declared extinct in 1936, is displayed at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

What is 'de-extinction' and can animals be brought back from the dead?

04/03/2022

Stumps left behind are a haven for insects and birds.

Cutting down trees is boosting biodiversity in this Finnish forest

02/03/2022

Researchers discovered hotspots of life on extinct volcanoes near the North Pole.

Giant 'sponge gardens' discovered deep in the Arctic Ocean

09/02/2022

A general view of the parliament during the Italian President Sergio Mattarella's swearing-in ceremony at the Montecitorio Palace in Rome, Italy.

Italy makes protecting the environment a part of its constitution

09/02/2022

An iguana lies draped on a tree limb as it waits for the sunrise, Jan. 22, 2020, in Surfside, Florida.

Why are lizards falling from the sky in Florida?

03/02/2022

Crows in Sweden have been taught to pick up cigarette butts.

These crows are putting humans to shame by picking up cigarette butts

02/02/2022

A nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat is seen during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of cultivated meat.

China's meat-free five year plan is set to be 'game changing'

31/01/2022

A hippo leans out the water to do its famous wheeze honk

Decoding ‘hippo honks’ could help prevent human-animal conflict

25/01/2022

Jumping spiders are flamboyant creatures covered in greens and reds.

Bright red spider discovered as colourblind, in a cruel twist of fate

17/01/2022

Giant millipedes once roamed the UK, say scientists.

Giant millipedes ‘as big as cars’ once roamed the UK, experts find

10/01/2022

A dazzle, a herd, a memory, and a tower gather at a waterhole in Namibia - but do you know which is which?

Animal collective nouns: Do you know your blessings from your charms?

05/01/2022

Parakeet

Animal shelter receives more than 800 parakeets at Christmas

28/12/2021

The gang gang cockatoo is one of the Australian bird species featured on the album.

An album of birds squawking has beaten Mariah Carey this Christmas

16/12/2021

The minuscule snails were believed to have been lost forever.

Snails the size of a pinhead brought back from brink of extinction

03/12/2021

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world because of their scales

These are all the animals criminals tried to smuggle in just one month

01/12/2021

Share a pet and plant a tree claims an Instagram trend - but the truth is a lot murkier.

Instagram's pet-sharing-tree-planting trend is definitely a scam

09/11/2021

Are caterpillars making climate change worse?

Caterpillars are secretly making climate change worse, study says

08/11/2021

Dutch livestock farmers woo locals amid fears for their future

Dutch livestock farmers fear for their future

04/11/2021