Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

It’s time to set the record straight.Antagonistic narratives surrounding the commercial use of wildlife have seen a ...

Minnie, a towering Great Dane from Ledyard, is capturing global attention as Guinness' tallest living female dog.

India's diverse geography is mirrored in its state animals, each chosen for cultural or ecological significance. From the ...

Pollution is one of the biggest problems facing planet Earth, a consequence of poor practices and decisions made by humankind ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

In 1922, the Franklin County Fair attracted over 10,000 attendees on its biggest day and featured high-quality livestock ...

Some nights, when I should be doing something sensible or useful, I end up looking at pictures of blue whales and feeling very, very tiny. We talk a lot about the megafauna that are gone – mammoths, ...

An 11-year-old’s beachside discovery has stunned scientists and triggered a major rewrite of prehistoric history. Buried beneath Britain’s crumbling cliffs lies evidence of a marine predator so ...