Animal Behaviour
Watch: Driver narrowly escapes hefty collision with a charging rhino
Don't let that docile demeanour fool you: white rhinos do occasionally go on the offensive.
4 days agoCollection of nature articles related to all things of the natural world such as animal behaviour, reproduction and the relationship between predator vs prey.
Predator vs Prey
'Snail vs flatworm' is no sluggish predatory encounter (video)
Rare footage out of Brazil's Atlantic Forest shows the surprisingly energetic attack of a predatory flatworm on a doomed land snail.
5 days ago
How it works
Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetimes
New research shows toxins in the venom of the deadly eastern brown snake change as the snakes grow from juveniles to adults. It's the first example of...
6 days ago
Predator vs Prey
Mistake at the lake: Wolf chases deer into the water, quickly reconsiders
Not today, wolf.
10 days ago
Animal Behaviour
Of missing limbs and super guts: The remarkable resilience of Africa's hyenas
In a ruthless landscape where it pays to be resilient, few animals show more mettle than Africa’s spotted hyenas.
11 days ago
How it works
Ever wondered: Why is the sea salty?
There's an average of 35 grams of salt in every kilogram of seawater. But what is it exactly that makes the big blue so briny?
11 days ago
How it works
Scientists are looking after a two-headed baby rattlesnake in Arkansas
A two-headed rattlesnake might just be the last thing an electric worker expects to find during a home inspection...
12 days ago
Animal Behaviour
One impala, one wild-dog pack and one hungry hyena
It's a showdown between two classic adversaries: a pack of wild dogs with a freshly killed impala and a hungry hyena set on looting some lunch.
12 days ago
Animal Behaviour
When it comes to hoofed supremacy on the slopes, mountain goats outswagger bighorns
Every once in a while, mountain goats and bighorn sheep cross paths in the Alberta Rockies – and when they do, it's clear who's boss.
13 days ago
Predator vs Prey
Scorpion stings are no problem for pallid bats (VIDEO)
The Arizona bark scorpion wields the most dangerous scorpion venom in North America. But for the pallid bat, this deadly arachnid is just another...
13 days ago
Predator vs Prey
Hawk slays a pigeon in Brooklyn, does not appreciate your staring
Just a red-tailed hawk grabbing a quick pigeon meal in New York. And it doesn't like to be watched while it's eating.
16 days ago
Animal Behaviour
Necking, giraffe-style: Watch two Kruger bulls duke it out
Two bull giraffes give each other a thumping in a good old-fashioned "necking" contest.
17 days ago
Animal Behaviour
Nothing makes snowy-owl chicks feel at home like a nest wreathed in dead lemmings
In lemming-bonanza years, the nests of snowy owls turn into grisly tableaux of abundance.
18 days ago
Human Impact
Squirrel stockpiles may expose grizzlies to train danger
Could red squirrels be putting grizzly bears in the crosshairs of locomotives?
20 days ago
Fossils
How did dinosaur eggs survive in the Arctic?
Dinosaurs once occupied just about every corner of the planet, from the northern reaches of Alaska and Siberia all the way down to the Antarctic. So...
21 days ago
