Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two nights. But those ...

The biggest freshwater predator in South America is the mighty black caiman, which vies with the American alligator as the largest member of the alligatorid branch of the crocodilian family tree.

American bison are built for snow, but deep winter is still a challenging seasonal gauntlet—not least in the high interior of Yellowstone National Park, a legendary stronghold for these shaggy, humped ...

Nile crocodiles are thick-skinned animals capable of withstanding some abuse, but for one croc in Zambia's Kafue National Park an onslaught by a pride of 13 lions proved its undoing. This remarkable ...

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 ...

A bald eagle is an intimidating bird, to say the least: With a wingspan of 2.1 to 2.4 metres (7 to 8 feet) and a mass that may exceed 6.8 kilograms (15 lbs.), this New World sea eagle shares honours ...

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 ...

This story originally appeared on bioGraphic, an online magazine about science and sustainability powered by the California Academy of Sciences. The first time Bruno D’Amicis set out to photograph ...

Big cats – like lions, leopards and tigers – are among the few animals with enough brawn and moxie to take on a full-grown crocodilian. While these predators certainly target the occasional toothy ...

For expecting parents, choosing just the right crib can be a bit of a nightmare, but generally speaking, setting up your progeny near a a bubbling plume of iron sulphide and superheated water is one ...

Where the hunting grounds of apex predators overlap, there are always winners and losers. Large carnivores use their brawn to force smaller rivals off meals, or worse: to wipe out the opposition ...

Some weeks back, we were marvelling at the size spectrum of four different kinds of Russian Far East felines photographed by trail cameras on the same pathway. Now, we've got another virtual ...