From what species did seals evolve?

They’ve recently made headlines for interfering with boats, but intelligent, family-focused and remarkably long-lived orcas–better known as killer whales–contain multitudes,

Bones create an internal armature that on some animals, such as an elephant or cow, appear quite stiff and rigid, but on others, such as the cheetah, they are gracile, loose and flexible, allowing for

Taking a break from installing anti-bird spikes intended to keep gulls off houses in Porthleven, Cornwall, maintenance worker Darren Pardoe visited a seafront pub for a cup of coffee. Sitting outside,

↑ During the Darwin200 Global Voyage, Dutch tall ship the Oosterschelde sailed to Chile’s Brüggen Glacier, a vast river of ice in the Patagonian wilderness and one of South America’s largest glaciers.

The wildlife of the Galápagos archipelago is unmissable. However, how you see it not only impacts your own trip but the future of these islands, writes David Horwell

Sketching giant animals is all about scale. Being close to these two giants during a museum visit, I chose a sight-sized approach for both the blue whale and the moa (opposite). Careful planning at th