The proboscis monkey

New research suggests that the fleshy, pendulous noses of male proboscis monkeys – the biggest of any primate – are distinguishing features in more ways than one. The noses of these pot-bellied monkey

A mbling along diani beach road, 30km south of Mombasa in Kenya, I am parallel with the Indian Ocean and minutes from the powdery, cream sand of Africa’s best-known beach. It’s February, the heart of

BEASTS WITH BOGIES

These enormous storks are just one of Costa Rica’s many avian attractions, writes Ruth Miller

During late August 2025, the Hunterian Museum of Zoology in Glasgow hosted Snake Summer, an event covering snakes in science, folklore and fantasy organised by Dr Will Tattersdill of the University of

From mouth to manure, the journeys animals’ meals go on can be very different to human digestion