A video that appears to be shot in Canada shows orcas hunting a sea lion, but the potential meal has a cunning plan.
That wildebeest has one crocodile gripping it by the head, and another clinging on to one of its legs. In short, its chances of survival don’t look great.
A recent situation at the Paul Kruger Gate illustrated why it’s best to exercise caution and common sense in the park.
From around the world, ranging from Western Australia to Norway, photographers are capturing the state of our oceans, showing animals and plants in their natural environment.
Over the weekend, news broke that 63 African penguins had been found dead at the Boulders colony in Simon’s Town.
Besides those taking to the skies in private planes, more travellers have also started taking their pets with them on board.
Nikon’s Small World photography competition showcases the beauty and complexity of life as seen through a microscope.
Geneticists, led by Harvard Medical School’s George Church, are looking to bring the woolly mammoth, last seen roughly 10 000 years ago during the Ice Age, back to life.
A resurfaced recording of a musk duck named Ripper has led researchers to believe that he was mimicking one of his caretakers’ catchphrases.
A new study out of Germany suggests that dogs understand human intent, which is a far bigger step forward than you may realise.
The overall winner will be chosen from more than 50 000 entries across 95 countries and announced on October 12.
Ben Clark’s photo of a female peacock spider taking down a much larger flesh fly is one of the winning snaps from year’s Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition.
Phiomicetus anubis measured around three metres in length, and possessed strong jaws which enabled it to catch prey.
ESPN, which is used to showing muscular bodies doing sporty things, instead showed the wobble-butts on a couple of corgis who were competing in the annual Corgi Races.
A three-metre diamond python was spotted at a Woolworths in Sydney a few days back. Thankfully, the closest shopper also happened to be a volunteer snake catcher.
It has been more than a month since Abdul-Karriem Adams found a dead cat in his yard, and started asking questions.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park is one of the finest places in the country to witness the big cats in action.
Meet the sheepshead fish, a rare ocean creature with a mouthful of molars and possibly the only thing in the sea with a dental plan.
The killings are perplexing in that there’s no blood on the scene, so the cats may have been killed at one location and then dumped at another.
When Usain Bolt clocked a staggering 100-metre world record time of 9,58 seconds, he maxed out at around 43,4 kilometres per hour. Your cat is not impressed.
At least 27 cats have now been killed in a similarly gruesome manner, with a reward offered for information leading to an arrest and SAPS finally on the case.
A video filmed on July 25 shows the moment an Asian elephant, agitated by a large crowd of people, tramples a man to death.
You have to feel for all of the parties involved here, other than the people watching on, who were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime sighting.
Cape Town’s African penguins are currently enjoying a moment in the limelight with the success of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’. Dig a little deeper, though, and it becomes clear that the species is in crisis.
At least 11 cats have been brutally murdered, making this one of the largest animal killing sprees the Cape Metro has ever witnessed.
A very tired foster family made a hilarious adoption website for Hank, a dog who is “54 pounds of pure, unadulterated, kinetic energy with eyes like the ocean”.
40-year-old Jason Lemmer paddled out at Jeffreys Bay early last Wednesday, as first light broke, and says he was bitten less than a minute after entering the water.
The US Court of Appeals has ruled that Joe Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic, should have his prison sentence shortened.
Sean McInerney, who goes by Poopies, did show some common sense when he said he doesn’t blame the sharks because he “was in their living room”.
An Austrian man’s trip to the toilet on Monday should have been just like any other, except it turned out to be a bit of a nightmare.