Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was ...

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​Nature is filled with incredible, unique, and beautiful creatures, each of them adapted to survive in their environments.

In life, there’s good luck, like nabbing the last car spot outside the pub, and improbable luck, like winning a holiday. Then there is “once-in-a-lifetime” luck – the kind where everything ...

Here are 10 of the most effective predators in the ocean – and you might be surprised which one comes out on top ...

Costa Rica is a beautiful country. It’s a very popular summer destination, especially for eco-tours and swimming. Not only can you swim and relax on the beaches and hike mountains and beautiful trails ...

A new paper by post-doctoral researchers Emily Sperou and Renato Borras-Chavez in the journal Polar Biology discusses a unique phenomenon observed in a reclusive Antarctic animal: postmortem attentive ...

Two species of seal live in the UK all year round – the grey seal and the harbour seal. These earless seals are found around much of our coastline and sometimes venture into our rivers too. The grey ...

The king penguin was spotted on the island of South Georgia, where the species gathers in the tens of thousands. A group of king penguins huddle together in a blizzard on the island of South Georgia.

ADVENTUROUS travellers can join a cruise to Antarctica with a marine expert from Sydney's Taronga Zoo next year. The 10-night expedition on the Akademik Sergey Vavilov departs from Ushuaia in ...

The new rides and areas are much different from those just a generation ago, when Dumbo the Flying Elephant was considered high tech. These days, a ride involving a simple, blue elephant just won't ...

Little red flying foxes risk deadly encounters with freshwater crocodiles as they skim river surfaces for life-saving water ...