The crowd of animals was discovered as part of the Walrus from Space project, which is using satellite imagery to explore ...

The relationship between oxpeckers and the large mammals from which they pick ticks is a complex one. It was long thought to ...

Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter ...

This is the first time that this elusive whale, which usually lives in the Arctic, has been seen in Irish waters. However, ...

The truth is, our butterflies have been declining for many years, thanks to a combination of habitat loss and pesticides. And ...

These parrot apartment blocks can sometimes be the size of a small car. Herein lies the problem. The nests are fire risks and local authorities are petrified of the nests collapsing and falling onto ...

The rights of nature movement recognises that natural entities and ecosystems are rights holders in law – here's how it works.

The scientists had an inkling there might be some hydrothermal activity in this region but, despite several research trips in ...

Land can be divided up somewhat clearly (although there are disputes about who owns what), but what happens when it comes to ...

That creature making a squirming getaway into the swampy vegetation by my feet is one of the oddest and most overlooked of ...

That may surprise some readers, but Whitehouse’s point is that a beehive is as natural as a pasture full of grazing sheep and ...

When it comes to fastest animal, we usually think of cheetahs, but many ocean creatures also boast spectacular sprints – here ...