NATURE

Killing off top predators creates an unsustainable banquet for rest of food chain, study found

PDSA says that owners are unprepared after so many unplanned litters.

$10,000 reward offered for information after iconic birds are found near popular hunting spot

The caesarean delivery was done when the mother, a Western lowland gorilla, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.

Billions of small fish in diurnal trip may be adding 'rush hour' sound to sea, says marine biologist.

Absorbed CO2 prevents regular growth of tiny corals making them smaller and more fragile, research suggests.

Girl shows no fear as she coolly helps the lamb into the world.

Raising a glass of that beer will help protect The Great Barrier Reef.

Thailand government efforts to save tiger population is working, study finds.

Mysterious four-mile-long boiling river had been unknown to science for almost a century.

The drone footage is captivating people everywhere.

A moonlit image of refugees crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary has been selected as the World Press photo of the year.

The white gyrfalcon was photographed by an observation tower.

Locals were 'unnerved' before experts confirmed that the species was an old pike eel.

Fearsome predator Thylacoleo carnifex lived in Australia over 40,000 years ago.

Handlers worried Pacific octopus Kong would eat his mate for the big finale

The species discovered in the Dominican Republic is the first Neotropical species to be found in amber.

The species was found in the harsh conditions of Yellowstone hot springs and lives several miles underground.

Lovelorn pachyderm gets too up close and personal with the vehicles.

A population of 160,000 Adelie penguins has dwindled to just 10,000 in Cape Denison on Commonwealth Bay

In collaboration with WWF, Will Burrard-Lucas took incredible new camera-trap images of elephants, lions and hyenas.

The massive crocodile measured over 5.5m in length.

The site has already received over a billion 'spurts' just three days into the campaign.

Study finds the cause of feeling happy at spending time with others after long periods of loneliness.

High frequency of cataracts found in Chernobyl bank voles 30 years after nuclear accident.

Study found quark-gluon plasma behaved like a liquid and had an elliptical shape like a rugby ball.

Villagers went outside and saw the large elephant damaging houses and shops.

Horses found to display left-gaze bias and increased heart rate when looking at 'negative' human faces.

The Scottish SPCA is trying to find the seven-month-old giant a new home