‘By the Wind Sailors’ Invade California Beaches by the Thousands
They are iridescent, bright blue and jellylike, with stinging tentacles that dangle from their flat, oval-shaped bodies. Just…
Celtic Manor greenkeeper has shock of his life as snake appears on course
Larry Wilkie, who has been tending to the fairways at the Celtic Manor for two years, couldn’t believe…
David Attenborough: My gorilla encounter left me overwhelmed with a feeling of extraordinary privilege – The Observer
David Attenborough: My gorilla encounter left me overwhelmed with a feeling of extraordinary privilege The Observer When Attenborough met…
A real-life kraken monster? At 19m it was longer than a railway carriage, devilishly smart and able to crush prey with a devastatingly lethal bite…
The largest predators in Earth’s oceans are typically vertebrates, so when palaeontologists recently announced they’d found fossils from…
Hidden camera captures rare wild white-tailed eagle egg hatching
A hidden camera has captured the moment a rare white-tailed eagle chick hatched on a remote nest in…
Your photos from the West Midlands: Bluebells, birds and a Dalek
When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information: The full name of the person who…
Hidden in Wall Crevices, Scientists Discover a Tiny Spider That Hunts Prey 6 Times Its Size
A newly identified spider, Pikelinia floydmuraria, is catching scientists’ attention for what it can do despite being only…
Timmy the humpback whale released in North Sea after weeks stranded off Germany
A humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March has finally been released…
‘Special admission’ as pine marten rescued from rubbish bin
The cute little critter, just days old, was discovered living in a bin in Staylittle, near Llanidloes. It…
David Attenborough: How my BBC career hung on charming a snake
London Zoo was founded in 1828 by men of science who were, at that time, still concerned with…