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.
Meet the weird worm that can survive being boiled alive
The Pompeii worm can withstand the heat of hydrothermal vents deep under the sea
Monkeys have found a bizarre natural supplement to counteract human junk food
The macaques of Gibraltar love stealing human junk food, but the treats play havoc on their digestive systems
The (very very weird) reasons cat lick people
Sorry, it's not because they secretly love you
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Top 10 most dangerous animals in the world
Which animal kills the most humans per year? If you guessed sharks, you'd be wrong
What's the craziest thing ever stolen?
From bull semen to a commercial airliner, it doesn't get much weirder than this
A massive once-in-500-years chimpanzee civil war has broken out
The largest-known group of wild chimpanzees has split in two. The aftermath has been brutal
Does my dog have ADHD?
Can dogs have ADHD? Man's best friend does display signs of the condition - here's how you can deal with it
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
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!
