Nature

Sperm whale in the ocean ©Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Smart sperm whales can teach each other to avoid hunters

Lemurs can sniff out fruit hidden 15 metres away

Scentsational skill Lemurs can sniff out fruit hidden 15 metres away

How viruses evolved – and gave humans a placenta © Getty Images

How viruses evolved – and gave humans a placenta

The bizarre link between bird migration and quantum physics © Getty Images

The bizarre link between bird migration and quantum physics

megalodon shark © Getty

Get your 18cm teeth into these killer megalodon shark facts

The science of dogs: Everything you need to know about your best buddy © Getty Images

The science of dogs: Everything you need to know about your best buddy

The evolution of the ocean’s shadowy ‘twilight’ zone may be linked to climate change © Getty Images

Evolution of life in the ocean’s shadowy ‘twilight’ zone may be linked to climate change

How do dogs see the world? © Getty

How do dogs see the world?

A Bengal tigress with a catchlight in her eye lies up to her neck in the dark shadows of a water hole. Her name is Maya 'The Enchantress', and she has orange and black stripes with white patches on her head. Shot with a Nikon D810 in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in India on 13 May 2017, which just happened to be my birthday!
ISO 220, 800mm, f/5.6, 1/1000

What goes up: World Nature Photography Award winners

Green-pawed sea otters are saving California's kelp forests © Morgan Rector

Green-pawed sea otters are saving California’s kelp forests

What animals are on David Attenborough's Life in Colour episode 2? © BBC/Humble Bee Films/SeaLight Pictures/Gavin Thurston

What animals are on David Attenborough’s Life in Colour episode 2?

Frogs use their lungs like noise-cancelling headphones to find mates © Norman Lee/PA

Frogs use their lungs like noise-cancelling headphones to find mates

How to hunt for fossils in the UK

How to hunt for fossils in the UK

Scientists strap tiny computers to bats to listen to them hunting © Stefan Greif/Tel Aviv University/PA

Scientists strap tiny computers to bats to listen to them hunting

Faking it: Insect 'played dead' for an hour to avoid being eaten © Nigel R Franks/PA

Faking it: Insect ‘played dead’ for an hour to avoid being eaten