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Animal welfare groups say a lion’s dramatic escape underscores serious gaps in South Africa’s regulation and oversight of ...

Traditionally, paleoanthropologists believed that Homo habilis, as the earliest big-brained humans, was responsible for the earliest sites with tools. The idea has been that Homo habilis was the ...

A tight-knit orca squad in the Gulf of California has perfected a grim skill: roll a young great white shark onto its back, ...

By raising its heart closer to its head by means of long legs, the giraffe “saves” a net 5% of the energy it takes in from food. Over the course of a year, this energy saving would add up to more than ...

Another agile, cat-like animal, the large-spotted genet sports dark spots and stripes on its greyish-white, elongated body. Its most outstanding feature is its ringed, black-tipped tail, which ...

From elephants to fennec foxes, discover 10 animals with huge ears and their fascinating adaptations for hearing and survival.

Great white sharks have virtually no predators. But newly released video shows orcas flipping great whites and eating their ...

Ever wondered which animals have the biggest ears in the animal kingdom? Read this interesting article on seven remarkable creatures from the mighty elephant to the fennec fox, learn how their ...

Analysis - The Great Wildebeest Migration is one of the most remarkable natural spectacles on Earth. Each year, immense herds of wildebeest, joined by zebras and gazelles, travel 800-1,000km between ...