The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...

Size shapes the way animals move, hunt, and survive. For example, in the ocean, ginormous creatures rely on their massive ...

It’s hard to picture a creature so immense that a person could stand inside one of its arteries, yet that’s the reality of ...

From Maine coons to Siberian tigers, these are the big boys and girls of the animal kingdom put into perspective.

In the animal kingdom, the creatures with the biggest hearts – relative to their size – are often the tiniest among us.

In the ocean, different animals have their own unique self-defence strategies to help them survive predators. Some, like ...

Nature packs surprises in every corner, be it in the form of fierce predators or gentle creatures that share our world ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Orcas are some of the ocean's most enigmatic and playful creatures, and they're not as elusive as you might think. Here's ...

Once targeted for oil and meat, the whale shark is now being saved by fishers along India’s Arabian Sea coast. What began as ...

From a Polynesian island ringed by blue lagoons to Chile's gaucho heartland, these are BBC journalists' top destinations this ...

Over the last 12 months, scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have been busy collecting, studying and cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Museum scientists have given ...