When we imagine the brain, we tend to picture one command center—such as a control hub within the human skull—managing all body functions. But nature is not always a centralised design. Indeed, ...

Scientists continue to discover animals that seem almost too strange to be real. Even with shrinking habitats and climate ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...

The animal kingdom is filled with extraordinary species, each with features that make them stand out from the rest. Among ...

Nature hides astonishing secrets when temperatures drop. Some animals transform in ways that seem almost magical, adopting ...

Many millions of animals in the world have hair and for some, it’s essential to their survival as they need it for warmth. However, some animals have much more hair than others, including some we ...