Animals
Wild, extinct, domesticated, endangered - the animal kingdom is filled with creatures of exotic shapes and sizes, making them a firm favourite for curious minds and fact finders of all ages. Here you can find a menagerie of animal facts and pictures of the wonderful beasts that walk the earth, the birds that soar through the sky and the sea creatures that swim through the vast oceans of our Earth.
There's no such thing as a shark, suggest scientists
Analysis of shark DNA has thrown a wrench into our understanding of these sharp-toothed predators
5 seriously strange ways wildlife is changing inside Chernobyl
Almost 40 years since the explosion, the ecosystem around Chernobyl is unlike anywhere else
Here are the secret ways your dog is communicating with you
Your dog is trying to tell you something – you’re just missing the signs
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Just one day in your life could soon reveal how long you’ll live
After building a Truman Show experiment, scientists were able to predict the lifespans of their 81 subjects
This terrifying new dinosaur could rewrite the origins of T. rex
The emergence of the world’s most iconic predator remains a scientific mystery. This latest discovery offers a critical clue
Scientists spot signs of cannibal killer whales in Russian waters
Two severed fins bearing the tooth marks of other killer whales have raised a troubling question: are some orcas hunting their own kind?
Scientists have found a dinosaur ‘Rosetta Stone’ hidden for 90 million years
A near-complete fossil from Patagonia has finally cracked open the mysterious evolutionary story of one of prehistory's strangest dinosaur groups
How aardvarks are built to eat 50,000 ants a night
Late-night munchies taking on a completely new meaning
These underwater ‘panda skeletons’ are seriously puzzling experts
A truly unusual find discovered in Japanese coral reefs, these strange creatures were granted their own species
Do any animals use other animals for sport?
Who needs a ball when you have a pufferfish to hand?
An ‘astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Sahara
This school-bus-sized predator was so unusual that scientists didn't recognise it at first
Scientists spent a decade recording the Arctic Ocean. What they heard raises some unsettling questions
The Arctic used to be one of the quietest places on Earth. But all that’s changing, putting animals at risk
The world's tiniest (and cutest) deer needs your attention, say experts
It’s barely bigger than a house cat
Climate change is making frogs 'sexier', scientists say
Things are heating up at the water’s edge – in more ways than one
Bird poop powered one of the Americas’ greatest ancient kingdoms, study finds
Archaeological analysis of items from a South American kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop
How can animals switch sex?
About one in 50 fish species can change from male to female – or back again
What's the longest-living insect?
What is the longest-lived insect in the world? Think decades, not years, and you'll have your surprising answer!
A cow has been filmed using tools for the first time ever, stunning scientists
Veronika, a cow from Austria, taught herself to use a broom – and we have the footage to prove it
Your dog might be eavesdropping on your conversations – and learning words from them
Certain dogs can learn words like human toddlers, by listening to family members’ conversations
The 11 strangest scientific discoveries of 2025
The good, the bad and the frankly bizarre: from the world’s oldest newborn to a body-snatching bug, here were science’s strangest discoveries in 2025
The top 22 most ugly animals in the world
Not all creatures can be beautiful, but they all have interesting stories to tell
How we got dinosaurs spectacularly wrong for more than a century
Turns out the T. rex was a feathery genius.
What are some of the spookiest experiments we've ever done?
Definitely best not to try these at home...
Why scientists once thought the platypus was an elaborate hoax
The platypus is such a strange animal that it was originally thought to be an elaborate hoax by pranksters
