Imagine a bizarre-looking fly parasite takes up residence on your face – and never leaves. That's what life is like for these long-winged bats.

What's more, these bites don't seem to be randomly placed. In some fossils, there are several gouges across the bone ending in a big fracture – the result of an attacker biting numerous times ...

Remember those spiracles we talked about? It's those same structures that give this caterpillar the power of the "squee". Back in 2010, scientists at Canada's Carlton University housed walnut ...

Pearl is albino: her body doesn't produce melanin, the pigment that normally provides colour to skin and scales.This leaves all 2.3 metres (7.5 feet) of her body gleaming as white as her sharp ...

YOU MADE IT TO THE END. 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 ...

It's all about trees in our South African home base this week as the country celebrates Arbor Week. To mark the occasion, we're dedicating this Top 10 to our favourite trees from across the ...

YOU MADE IT TO THE END. 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 ...

Scallop shells, it seems, have become projectile weapons as octopuses wage war for control of 'Octopolis' 50 feet below the waves in Australia's Jervis Bay.

Over the past several years, South Africa's rhino poaching problem has turned into a full-blown crisis. With World Rhino Day approaching on 22 September, our Top 10 this week is dedicated to ...

Dolphins were recently filmed "tossing the tarpon" in Florida Bay. So, why do these crafty cetaceans sometimes "play" with their food?

In this remarkable footage filmed off the coast of Victoria, Canada yesterday, a killer whale sends a harbour seal hurtling 80 feet (20 metres) into the air!

Today's armadillos are expert diggers, with powerful arms and large claws. The largest living species creates burrows less than half a metre (1.5 feet) across, but in the past, South America was ...