Nature

What we got wrong about pandas and teenagers © Getty Images

What we got wrong about pandas and teenagers

Seagull eating food and the polystyrene container that was left on the beach. This careless waste disposal can kill the bird © Getty Images

Would seagulls exist without humans?

Why do we find puppies so cute? © Getty Images

Why do we find puppies so cute?

Can marine animals get the bends? © Getty Images

Can marine animals get the bends?

Do any other animals play music? © Alamy

Do any other animals play music?

Why are cats scared of cucumbers? © AXEL HEIMKEN/dpa/Alamy Live News

Why are cats scared of cucumbers?

Close up of Common treeshrew(Tupaia glis) in forest of Thailand © Getty Images

Tree shrews’ taste for spicy foods explained

Eastern gorillas have seen a dramatic decrease in population © Piper Mackay/Getty Images

Great ape species facing extinction

Young Leopard gecko in front of a white background © Getty Images

Geckos that can regenerate damaged parts of their brains could help heal humans

Why don’t flies fly in a straight line? © Getty Images

Why don’t flies fly in a straight line?

slug © Raja Lockey

Why do slugs and snails produce a silver trail?

Dead bee lying next to a burger © Getty Images

The Big Mac and the bee

Secret to parrots’ intelligence found © Getty Images

Secret to parrots’ intelligence found

Portrait of a three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus, a rare and endangered mammal of the rain forest canopy © Getty Images

The power of sloth: six reasons why this lazy animal is perfectly evolved