For a couple of years, Inky the octopus was a popular attraction at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier. Then, one morning in 2016, his tank was empty. Inky had made a daring break for free

In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, th

One animal’s loss is a gain for hungry creatures with a taste for decay

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

Echidnas are spiky and slow-moving mammals that have long or short snouts known as beaks. They’re also called spiny anteaters because they lack teeth and rely on their long, sticky tongues to catch in

The theatre has seen many a human stage a hammy death, but few are quite as dramatic as those that occur in the animal kingdom every day. The ability to play dead, otherwise known as tonic immobility