The Goliath tarantula, one of the largest spiders in the world, is a fearsome predator that hunts everything from mice to poisonous snakes with ease. Found in the rainforests of the Amazon, this giant ...

One of the creepiest, crawliest creatures of the Earth may have been swimming before adapting to live on land, new research suggests.

Sloths have been depicted as the slowest-moving mammals in the world, and have been stuck with that reputation. However, sloths are amazing animals. They may seem innocent and defenseless, but sloths ...

Highly realistic baby dolls have become a global phenomenon, with collectors shelling out for luxury baby gear and doting on their “reborns” as if they were human children.

A remarkably well-preserved fossil is challenging what scientists thought they knew about the origins of spiders and their ...

Half a billion years ago, a strange sea-dwelling creature called Mollisonia symmetrica may have paved the way for modern spiders. Using detailed fossil brain analysis, researchers uncovered neural ...

"I knew the global market for ivory carvings and statues was causing destruction. But seeing a baby elephant hacked to pieces ...