We take a look at just how spiders make their silk. Did you know they can make different fibre strengths for different tasks?

Researchers discovered that these bees evolved an extra tooth that can tackle flesh, as well as a type of gut bacteria that ...

Two individual jumping spiders ventured beyond Earth in 2012, when they were taken on board the International Space Station.

New study reveals how these heavy-bodied snakes consume prey while inhaling and exhaling, reports BBC Wildlife magazine.

Footage from Python Cave in Uganda shows leopards, monkeys and eagles all feasting on virus-riddled fruit bats. Scientists ...

The discovery of thousands of previously unchartered coral reefs could reinforce conservation efforts in northern Australian ...

University of California researchers may have solved the mystery of the US river's disappearance from the geological record.

While we have to admire the intelligence of jumping spiders, their most endearing characteristic is undoubtedly those large, ...

Researchers at Cornell University in New York State have documented one of the most significant aggregations of mining bees ...

When space scientists send equipment into space, they think carefully about the risk of contaminating other worlds with ...

Some fish can communicate with other species by changing the colour of their bodies – as this incredible footage shows.

The animal kingdom is full of bizarre mating rituals – and one of the oddest must be the Persian carpet flatworm ...