If we're being honest, the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus insonus) is not much to look at. It's a fairly conventional bunny: long ears, strong hind legs, short tail, a little chubby. Except ...

A rarely seen megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) was recently spotted in east Africa for the very first time. It was recorded in a market in Zanzibar, where it was being sold after being captured ...

It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...

Leucism, piebaldism and albinism fall under a suite of skin pigmentation disorders called hypomelanosis. Although animals afflicted with these deficiencies share similarities, the conditions can be ...

Earlier this month, a live giant squid (Architeuthis dux) was found washed upon a shore at the Ugu beach in Obama, Japan. The little giant, measuring just over 3 metres (9 feet) in length, is ...

Mega-mammals like rhinos and buffaloes typically stay out of each other's way if their paths cross on an open grassland or at a waterhole, but for one especially belligerent white rhino in South ...

Imagine driving through a lush, green landscape in France or Germany and spotting a herd of elephants roaming freely. As absurd as that might seem, it was only 10,000 years ago that creatures the size ...

Leopards can be relentlessly persistent hunters. It's this never-give-up attitude that has helped the big cats become such successful predators across a broad array of habitats. But porcupine hunting ...

These big-eyed birds are found in tropical Central and South America where they spend their days resting beneath the rainforest canopy pretending to be trees. Potoos are nocturnal, so to avoid ...

Life can be tough for black cats. The sooty felines have long been linked with witches and evil and, come October, some domestic cats are adopted purely as Halloween decorations only to be abandoned ...

This story originally appeared on bioGraphic, an online magazine about nature and sustainability powered by the California Academy of Sciences. How is it possible that an animal, any animal, can ...

Whether a harpy eagle plucking a capuchin from the treetops or a leopard ambushing a chimpanzee, predation on our primate cousins can be intense to witness – the fearful expressions of the prey hit a ...