This elusive inhabitant of equatorial African rainforests is the biggest of all monkeys and arguably the most beautiful. The 30kg males - three times the weight of females - are adorned with a golden ...

Rabies is one of the most feared diseases in the world with good reason, but thankfully now vaccinations are available ...

The Great Smoky Mountains lie like a group of slumbering giants along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee in the south ...

The weirdest insects in the world – including a moth that resembles a poodle and a fly with eyes on stalks; With deadly long ...

Great white sharks may have reputation for being a ruthless apex predator, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be scared away ...

The 'bees knees' is one of those phrases that sounds perfectly normal – until you stop and think about it. The 'bee’s knees'? Really? Why are we praising something by comparing it to a tiny insect’s ...

But the most unforgettable wildlife moment he has ever witnessed, he says, is the sight of a snow leopard carelessly tumbling down a powdery slope in India’s Spiti Valley. “Pu ...

According to onlookers, the possum stayed among the soft toys for a short while before venturing out of the shop and into the ...

Actual evidence for Krys' size is very thin, but what isn't disputed is that saltwater crocodiles – Crocodylus porosus – are ...

Narrated by the British writer and environmental campaigner George Monbiot, and largely drawn from his book Feral, it ...

Come face-to-face (or, face-to-fossil) with prehistoric ocean predators in an upcoming exhibition from London’s Natural ...

Scientists use weights to keep their camera equipment in place on the seabed – but this ocean dweller was strong enough to ...