Flora and fauna

One of the most stunning moments in Yosemite National Park. We hiked about an hour from Southside Dr to a high plateau where you have full view of ...

Bolivia’s second largest lake, which had contained almost 1,200 square miles of water, has almost completely disappeared due to climate ...

There are many things that make the Son Doong Cave in Vietnam a remarkable natural wonder; at about 9km in length, 200m in width and 150m in height, ...

“I love you.” Those are the three words that eventually changed a dog owner’s life, not just because that was what he said to his ...

A male leopard which entered a school in the Indian city of Bangalore injured six people trying to capture it.A scientist and a forestry employee ...

The Río Celeste becomes blue at a point where two clear-water tributaries merge, at a point called El Teñidor. El ...

The winds brought by Storm Henry were so strong they forced a waterfall on The Isle of Mull, Scotland to double back on itself and incredibly flow up.

A newly discovered species of shark that 'walks' along the sea floor to hunt for its next meal, has been discovered and filmed by scientists. In ...

Banging their heads against the wall in despair and peering forlornly through the bars of their godforsaken cages, these are the inmates of the ...

The recent harvest of an unusual mountain lion in southeastern Idaho has been generating a lot of interest and questions among media and the ...

Old Tjikko is estimated to be at least 9,550 years old, making it the world's oldest known individual vegetatively cloned tree. It stands 5 metres ...

Iraqi security forces on Sunday claimed control of a key government facility in central Ramadi, wresting more territory in the disputed city from ...

Eleven people have been killed in tornadoes in Texas, police say, raising the death toll to 29 in a week of storms across several US states. At ...

Farmers in arid countries could soon have a cure for the droughts that blight their crops - in the form of powdered water. The powder, called Solid ...

The ongoing El Niño will continue to be a major factor in the weather across South America as frequent rainfall leads to new flooding events ...

Christmas won’t be coming to the tiny oil-rich nation of Brunei this year. It has been officially banned by government edict. Muslims seen ...

The oldest known bird to lay an egg and raise a chick landed over Thanksgiving weekend at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific ...

Psychologists at the University of York and University of St Andrews have uncovered the first evidence of tool use by greater vasa parrots ...

When it comes to the world’s favourite fruit, history is repeating itself, with the most popular banana at serious risk from the Panama ...

Red sea urchins are among the dominant members of the communities that inhabit rocky reefs from the low intertidal zone to about 90 m. As they feed ...

It's known for its hot, dry summers and short, cool winters but not this year as Iraq was hit by a torrential rain and ice storm which led to ...

The world is creeping closer to the extinction of the northern white rhino, with the death of Nola, a 41-year-old female that had been living at the ...

When you see someone creeping.Remember what the Lions do!

A massive chunk of ice has broken off a glacier in Greenland which is so large you can see it from space. The sheet - which is 12.4km sq - is ...

A holidaymaker was amazed when she looked up at the Caribbean sky and spotted this stunning rainbow.Beckie Bone Dunning was visiting the Jamaican ...

Africa's vultures are vanishing, according to a report released on Thursday, a situation that could affect human health and livestock since ...

Researchers have discovered a species of extinct pig-nose turtle that lived alongside dinosaurs and fills a gap in understanding the evolution of ...

From Texas to Zimbabwe, PETA US' investigators documented the appalling conditions in which animals are raised and/or killed for "luxury" Birkin ...