Running on water

The spider-tailed horned viper contains the raw ingredients of two of the world’s most common phobias: arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and ophidiophobia (fear of snakes). The only way it could possibl

In Sydney, Australia, sulfur-crested cockatoos have a reputation for raiding skips and bins and being able to figure out a way past almost any lock people might use to try and keep them out. Now, they

The Sea Lion automotive name might have been nabbed by modern-day electric vehicle maker BYD but, back in 2012, it was aptly used on the remarkable creation you see pictured here – which was once fant

The great naturalist Sir Richard Owen coined the term “dinosaur”, wrote the first scientific descriptions of dinosaurs and was a founder of the first Natural History Museum (NHM) and its first directo

A good deal of recent media attention has been focused on a plague of “Frankenstein Bunnies” that have been invading Fort Collins in Colorado since 2024. The animals are described as “grotesque, horne

COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent takes a closer look at the sturgeon, which has been highly prized by gastronomes since Roman times