THIS amazing image of a mammoth spider devouring a bird was taken in the backyard of a property near Cairns. The image, which is being cirulated via email worldwide, is real, according to wildlife ...

The coucal kills snakes by battering them against the ground or a branch.

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Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

There’s something magical about standing before majestic snow-capped mountains, watching turquoise waves crash against a white-sand shore, or wandering through dense, green jungles that seem straight ...

Scientists have discovered two new spiders with truly bizarre camouflage: not only do they look like bird poop, but they ...

Princess Kate seemed charmed when she met a large tarantula in 2021, with a link to one of her children's names Sophie, the ...

Duchess Sophie comes face-to-face with huge bird-eating spider in Amazon jungle - The National Geographic describes the ...

Australia, famously, is home to some of the most formidable wildlife on Earth, and its arachnid population is particularly legendary. From the huntsman to the orb-weaver, there are some extraordinary ...

Let’s just say, they don’t have the thickest of skins. Spider crabs have the dual challenge of being delicious and needing to moult, and once a year, this spells trouble. Found in the cool waters ...