The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is an elusive species. These small and stocky canines have an extensive range in Central and South America yet are so rarely seen in the wild that most of what we ...

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, named after the Biblical giant due to their huge size. Along with these ...

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The organisers of the St Patrick’s Festival has said that over half a million people lined the streets of Dublin for the parade. Over 3,000 performers, artists and musicians took part alongside 165 ...

American bison, by contrast, have a long, shaggy coat covering their front quarters, front legs and heads, light or dark ...

Someone asked “Doctors, what were the wildest self-diagnoses a patient was actually right about?” and people shared their ...

Fort Monroe sits on Old Point Comfort, where the James River meets the Chesapeake Bay. This means you get water views in every direction, and historically, it meant that anyone trying to sail up the ...

In this YouTube video, a pack of African wild dogs has caught a kudu near a watering hole. They have nearly finished devouring the carcass when a lone bull elephant turns up to take a drink. The ...

Bone claws, oxygen-absorbing “hair,” and hands-on frog dads. Meet the hairy frog (or wolverine frog), one of nature’s strangest amphibians.

Nature is weird, if you haven't noticed. Waxwing birds get drunk on fermented fruit, there are sharks that lay eggs which look like corkscrews, and Brazil has a tree so huge it looks like a lush, ...