Coiled in self-defence, this armoured creature – the armadillo girdled lizard – turns its body into a formidable fortress to ...

Males deliver their sperm with a penis-like anal fin, which cannot be retracted. Well-endowed males are more likely to ...

Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter ...

The Apennines are a rugged chain of mountains stretching down the spine of Italy, with deep forests roamed by wolves and ...

After examining the fossils, scientists think the huge prehistoric predator would have measured up to eight metres in length ...

The relationship between oxpeckers and the large mammals from which they pick ticks is a complex one. It was long thought to ...

This ground-loving species flies only sparingly, except when on migration or during courtship, and does not usually wade.

The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore ...

Seals’ bodies are exquisitely adapted for their marine environment – one such adaptation is how they restrict the blood ...

This is the first time that this elusive whale, which usually lives in the Arctic, has been seen in Irish waters. However, ...

Lauren Owens Lambert is a conservation photographer, with a focus on documenting the human aspect of conservation and climate change. She has also presented work at the UN on the importance of visual ...

Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter ...