A farmer has told of his shock after a mutant two-headed calf was born to one of his cows. The incident took place in Sao Miguel do Guapore, in the…
These images show a mutant piglet that was reportedly born looking and sounding like a human baby. The video, filmed in Tanjay, in Negros Oriental province, in the Philippines, shows…
Massive cane toad struggles to fit on the scales as Russian zoo keepers try to check out its weight. The giant toad seems unconcerned as the keepers poke and prod…
One-eyed wolf shows he is still the leader of the pack, surprising researchers who have been monitoring the group for years and had not realised he was the Alpha male.…
Tracking of young emperor penguins in Antarctica has shown that they live about 373 miles further north than previously believed and stay far outside of their protected areas. The Alfred…
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of crocodile that lived with the last dinosaurs and that laid the thickest eggs on record. The group of palaeontologists from the University of…
A marine conservationist has revealed the secrets of one of the ocean's most beautiful but dangerous creatures. The mysterious blue sea dragons use venom taken from Portugese man o' war…
An international team of experts has compiled the world's largest wild chimp genomic catalogue by sequencing DNA found in hundreds of samples of ape poo. The team was led by…
These rare conjoined twin turtles that made international headlines after they were found on a beach by a tourist have died of multiple organ failure. The conjoined turtles were found…
This is the moment two bizarre-looking conjoined tortoises very slowly crawl across a table whilst being observed by curious scientists. The two-headed tortoise was found by a tourist at the…