Deep in the forests of Timor lives one of the world’s least known pigeons. Most people have never heard of it. Few hav...

Could humans survive without animals? Probably not for very long. Humans depend on animals in ways that are both obvio...

Discover nature’s illusion experts, animals with fake eyes and faces that deter predators. Evolution has produced rem...

The dodo is one of the best known extinct animals. Yet the real story is often misunderstood. The dodo was not silly or ...

What is World Wildlife Day and why does it matter? World Wildlife Day takes place every year on 3 March. It celebrates ...

World Pangolin Day is an annual awareness day focuses attention on pangolins, which are mammals most people have never m...

Deep in the evergreen forests of Southeast Asia lives a secretive mammal that most people cannot name. Owston’s civet ...

It's the first day of (meteorological) Spring and a good time to say hello to the creatures that quietly keep the world ...

Biomimicry, sometimes called biomimetics or bionics, means learning from nature’s solutions. It is not about copying h...

Around the world scientists and conservation teams are racing to collect and protect the genetic material of endangered ...