Flamingoes have returned to a Galapagos island 20 years after an invasion of rats forced them out. The return is the fruit of 12 years of painstaking efforts to eradicate…
The world's fastest shark, which can strike at nearly 50mph, has been spotted prowling the Spanish coast close to Barcelona. The extremely rare, eight-foot-long shortfin mako shark is one of…
These images show how a zoo in Spain has welcomed four members of a critically endangered species of antelope that has less than 100 members left in the wild. The…
Researchers in Chile have discovered fossils of frogs and toads from over 70 million years ago that walked alongside dinosaurs and are almost identical to species of frogs found in…
Boffins in China have unearthed an extremely rare giant panda fossil dating back over 100,000 years. Researchers from the Guizhou Institute of Mountain Resources of the Guizhou Academy of Sciences…
Try not to shudder as you watch the new arrival of several specimens of the world's largest scorpion. The emperor scorpions were recently born in Bioparc Valencia, the 25-acre zoo…
Marine biologists have welcomed news that eight live specimens of the exotic fan mussel (Pinna Nobilis) have been located around the tourism hotspots of Mallorca and Menorca after it was…