When Tyrannosaurus rex hunted, it chased down prey, ripped off great hunks of flesh, and then threw back its head to swallow the entire meaty morsel whole. But here's an interesting question: when ...

Back on the island of Madagascar, the giant day gecko (which grows up to 30cm in length) is known for its bright colouration and distinctive red markings. A tree-loving species, the geckos are also ...

When a new video of catfish patrolling the cooling pond of the Chernobyl power plant surfaced online earlier this month, it didn't take long for the usual cries of "monster fish!" to follow. Yes, the ...

Leucism, piebaldism and albinism fall under a suite of skin pigmentation disorders called hypomelanosis. Although animals afflicted with these deficiencies share similarities, the conditions can be ...

Long before enormous sharks like the great white, long before even the giant marine reptiles of the Age of Dinosaurs, in a world where animal life had only just begun to leave the seas, the biggest, ...

Sharks might get a bad rap, but it's hippos who are some of the most dangerous animals on Earth. It's pretty clear to see who's the boss in this rarely seen interaction! Filmed in South Africa's ...

When breeding season rolls around, foxes tend to get a bit mouthy – and what comes out sounds eerily human. This is what the fox says: a high-pitched "YAAGGAGHH" rivalled only by the screams of the ...

Native to the lush jungles of the Amazon, this crazy creature was caught on film by scientist and wildlife photographer Andreas Kay. Aptly known as the "snake mimic caterpillar", what you're looking ...

A male jaguar called El Jefe ("The Boss") has been in the news a lot lately. He's the only known wild representative of his kind in the United States, and his turf – the Santa Rita Mountains of ...

Almost everything about the goblin shark reflects the harshness of the dark underworld it calls home. With nutrients so hard to come by in the deep sea, energy savings have meant cutbacks in the ...

The last surviving wolf of the most celebrated pack in Yellowstone National Park's history has been killed, legally, by a hunter in Montana. In the parlance of Yellowstone wolf monitoring, he was 778M ...

Our planet is a busy, crazy place. And amidst all the noise, voices get lost and some stories are never heard. That’s especially true of our planet’s countless wild species: big and small, threatened ...