Hornero means baker in Spanish, in reference to the oven-shaped nests constructed by breeding pairs to protect their eggs.

As the Zambezi approaches the famous 100m drop-off, it constricts from three miles into one mile, and picks up speed and sass ...

As the descendants of the largest terrestrial animals that have ever lived, dinosaurs, it’s no surprise some birds have grown ...

Findings from the data revealed that the shark’s life expectancy is at least 272 years, making it the oldest living of all ...

It’s up to 40 miles wide, contains billions of creatures and can take 20 years to form – is this nature’s deadliest, most ...

Robins are opportunists when it comes to food, and many of them have adapted to living in close quarters with humans. To them ...

“They’re very unstable laterally. I assume they’re under control but they look comic, as if they’re kind of wobbling, and ...

Coral reefs are just one environment where birds act as highly effective ‘nutrient processing machines’ in ecosystems ...

The word talon is normally applied to birds of prey. So what are these talon-possessing birds and how do they employ them?

All too often the world of birds is associated mainly with men. Jo Wimpenny remembers some brilliant but overlooked women who ...

In footage captured for the BBC TV programme Giant Otters of the Amazon, a caiman refuses to back down from fighting with a family of otters ...

The newly described species is named Dianjunus rex (‘D-rex’) in reference to its impressive size, as well as the ancient Dian ...