Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, with immense strength, thick skin, and powerful tusks. Few predators would ...

Tyrannoroter heberti fossil shows one of the earliest land animals to eat plants, changing what we know about how ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Some zoos are so massive they feel more like wildlife parks than city attractions. In this video, we rank the five largest zoos in the United States based on land area, number of animals, and overall ...

Discover 5 massive bears larger than a grizzly. In earths history there has been plenty of massive bears to learn about.

World Hippo Day 2026 delivers a clear message: strength alone does not ensure survival. With meaningful conservation efforts and continued action, future generations may still witness hippos resting ...

Standing at the rail of a large cruise ship at sunset, the scene can feel simple: metal, water, and sky. Yet the vessel is rarely alone. A cruise ship travels through the ocean as a moving structure ...

As they return buffalo herds to tribal lands and restore native ecosystems, Thompson says Native communities are “gaining ...

For 165 years, the giant fossil Prototaxites taiti puzzled scientists. Standing 26 feet tall, it may belong to an unknown branch of multicellular life, reshaping our understanding of early terrestrial ...

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

What started with a plan to nurse one sick shellback to good health has become Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre co-founder Jennie Gilbert’s greatest passion.

During photosynthesis, trees convert the carbon dioxide to sugars and in doing so produce oxygen as a biproduct, which is vital for life on Earth. “Trees draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and ...