State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suit

Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story

After a pizza-carrying rat in New York City’s subway system found fame earlier this year, a Toronto critter is having its own moment in the spotlight after stealthily descending from a coffee-shop cei...

Known for bold raids on urban bins, raccoons are becoming more domesticated – so how they look will gradually change, says science writer Helen Pilcher

Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residents

People suspected teenagers playing ding dong ditch and called police, who found animal crawling on the door panel

YouTube video by Kaori Nagai

The boss of a wildlife park where two bears escaped and gorged on honey thanks people for donations.

This latest specimen is even bigger than the Dorset mega-rat of 2018 – and just one sign of a problem that keeps growing ...

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the Shard

Fossil teeth show species of protemnodon that roamed Australia between 5m and 40,000 years ago lived and died near Queensland caves

Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.

The former PM yelped: 'Christ! F***ing hell!'

A bird that has been terrorising Hertfordshire villagers claims two hats from a 91-year-old's head.

Genetically modified mice have traits geared towards cold tolerance, in step towards modifying elephants

I’m campaigning for legal protection for cleaner fish, because no one has done a proper assessment of the impact of removing them from Scottish reefs

New Haven Police found a male grey seal in Mill River on Sunday and transported it to the Mystic Aquarium.

If follows two cases of accidental introductions

Ian Wood wins Natural History Museum’s people’s choice award with photo taken in St Leonards-on-Sea

Shoes seen as demonic and vain were blamed for making men

A plate of bananas is placed in a street on the same day every month - but no-one knows why.

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind the bears’ natural antifreeze hasn't been studied until now

The project marks bringing100 animals from Scotland to Gloucestershire, Devon and Wales.

Gary Cook says more and more people are enjoying the festival each year since the Covid pandemic.

The North American black bears are captured frolicking about.

Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through

The hybrids may have an advantage over polar bears because their jaws enable them to eat a more diverse range of foods.

The good Samaritan’s error became a viral sensation. Now, the charity says it needs support for our real prickly friends

A friend tells me about the rat he saw in his garden. “It was as big as a rabbit!” he says. “With a mean look on its face!” A neighbour…

South America’s only native bear is under threat. Coffee farmers in the Andes are doing something about it

The decision was made in response to rising prices, which have become a major political talking point.

A study reveals the first evidence of California squirrels eating voles. Experts explain why this phenomenon is critical to future behavioral discoveries in animals.

A bear appeared to "tuck itself in" for hibernation by gathering grass, sticks and dirt as it backed into its den in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Tracking the behaviour of tagged animals from space could transform the research into a host of natural phenomena

Dive into the underwater acoustic world of whales and dolphins for an evening of presentations, technology show-and-tell, and discussion

Fearing for Flop’s survival, staff at Dudley zoo made bouncer to support her during feeding times

A hungry black bear was caught red-handed trying to break into a locked garbage can at a home in Sammamish, Washington, in mid-November.Washington resident, Jon Stickney, captured this video of the bl...

New analysis of ancient bones and fossils found in a Highland cave has revealed them to be 'fishier than the average bear' and could even suggest polar bears once roamed Scotland.