In this clip from BBC Earth’s Expedition Guyana, George McGavin explores an extreme habitat underneath a hollowed-out tree in ...

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Lurking in the shadows of many ecosystems are animals whose main motivations are, quite literally, to hijack the bodies of ...

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Half a dozen stings and most people need a sit down with a cup of tea. Multiple stings can cause alarming swelling, nausea, ...

A single, accidental step can trigger intense, burning pain, inflammation and nausea that can last for hours. In rare cases, ...

The Denmark Strait Cataract is the largest waterfall on the planet – and it’s hidden deep below the waves between Greenland ...

If this doesn’t deter you, prepare to be stink-bombed by a trio of excretions – a pungent blend of iridodial (a terpene) and ...

Their goal was not to see how fast the animals could run, but to see how their bodies used oxygen. As the lions broke into a ...

Often dubbed the most poisonous plant in the UK, Oenanthe crocata, or hemlock water-dropwort, has an array of ...