The remarkable reef holds the Guinness World Record for the largest concentration of glass sponge reefs on the planet. It ...

Crocodiles spend much of their lives suspended between stillness and sudden movement. A large adult can remain half-submerged ...

Shark teeth are everywhere once people start noticing them. They turn up in fossil shops, washed along beaches, buried inside ...

More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a ...

Victorian grassland earless dragons were classified as extinct in 1969. Conservation efforts are underway to ensure the past ...

This technology can also help creatures that are on the verge of extinction while we still have time to save them.

Ahead of the conservationist's centennial, scientists have christened a parasitic wasp in his honor—and it’s just the latest ...

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always loved those TV shows that tell us what a wild place nature can be. Jacques Cousteau, ...

Sir David joins Greg James for a wide-ranging listener Q&A, covering favourite moments from his career, natural wonders ...

Dire wolves became extinct towards the end of the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago. They became well known among Game of ...

Dinosaurs are extinct but remain a staple of modern gaming. But there are plenty of ways we can still celebrate them as Dinosaur Day, celebrated on May 15 and June 1, comes closer.

Artistic reconstruction of a dire wolf. You may have seen them in Game of Thrones, but dire wolves aren’t fantasy beasts.