Nutrias are cute but dangerous rodents and they are currently invading California. They breed quickly and can produce hundreds of offspring in one year.
The iceberg continues to calve and disintegrate as it reaches warmer waters.
A new set of smart drum line trialled in Australia could keep sharks away from popular beaches and make sure they have better chances of survival.
These five elaborate methods have evolved to increase the chance that an individual male's sperm is the winner.
Researchers have not been able to fully explain the physical processes that produce the colourful aurorae.
This is the first time that such behaviour has been seen in any animal other than humans.
The large animal was seen with its three young ones and has triggered worries over the dangers of having the wild beast roaming through residential areas.
A new study, published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, contradicts the standard model of our planet's evolutionary history.
Romeo has been looking for a mate for the last 10 years, but to no avail. He needs help in order to find his lover, otherwise his whole species might die with him.
Nearly 3,000 dogs are competing to win Best in Show at the 142nd annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York.
Japan's KiKai Caldera was formed 7,300 years ago after a supereruption created a giant depression in the land.
Heartwarming image of Pikin the gorilla resting in the arms of her human companion Appolinaire in the back of a car wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.
A panorama photograph of motorbikes in a World War Two shipwreck in the Red Sea has won Underwater Photographer of the Year 2018.
A team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey is set to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem hidden under an iceberg that's four times the size of London.
A man believed to be a poacher was attacked and eaten by a pride of lions close to Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Met Office issues weather warnings for Scotland, Wales and the Midlands as cold spell is set to continue.
Volcanologist Heather Handley says that while the region is known for being particularly active, authorities still need to keep a close eye on things.
Coincidentally, the crystals were discovered at a site on the Red Planet called Jura – named after a small island off the country's west coast.
The new research has implications for the debate between balancing conservation efforts and reducing the risk of shark attacks.
The researchers showed the mantis movies of prey and a static pattern of random dots to determine their depth perception and more.
People living along the California coast are being treated to a living light show as tiny glowing phytoplankton light up the waves at Big Sur.
Researchers observed over a hundred egg casings of the creatures near volcanic vents spewing out water heated at several hundred degrees.
New research indicates that the biological systems that led to walking may have originated millions of years earlier than previously thought.
Scientists uncover that deep-sea starfish in the Arctic have eyes in their arms similar to other starfish living near the shore.
Fossil records have helped scientists trace back the evolution of the cockroach to when the Pangaea supercontinent was formed.
Each one of the crayfish is female and fertile enough to start its own population.
Two fishermen decided to save stranded animals from crocodiles infested waters in Australia on February 1. They saved two wallabies and a wild boar.
Four tiny specimens of the new species have been found, measuring around 2.5 millimetres in body length.
Robert Meilhammer was knocked unconscious after being struck on the head by the body of a Canada goose shot out of the sky.
Seven swans from the Queen's flock are feared to have died from H5N6 avian influenza as experts from Defra check to see the bird flu has not spread.