Egrets are more usually spotted in the Everglades or on the Pacific coast so the presence of this egret immediately attracted local photographers, including Bernice Sandy, who took many photos of the unusual bird.

Accidentally released on a Finnish island 30 years ago, the parasites are spreading.

This video shows how to harvest and cook giant puffball mushrooms, similar to how I did about a month ago.

Seeing our world through the eyes of a migratory bird would be a rather spooky experience. Something about their visual system allows them to 'see' our planet's magnetic field.

Factors behind disappearances include too much development, water pollution, logging and competition from invasive species

Local evidence of the cataclysm has literally washed away over the years. But Oregon’s Douglas firs may have recorded clues deep in their tree rings.

After building his own version of Middle-earth, Nicolas Gentile has thrown a ‘ring’ into Mount Vesuvius

The photos feature otters, bears, monkeys, tigers, prairie dogs, penguins, and other wildlife in comical poses.

An analysis of footage of octopuses off the coast of Australia “throwing” shells and silt suggests that they intentionally target – and often hit – other octopuses. In most cases, it is females that do the throwing, often at males that are harassing them. In 2015, Peter Godfrey-Smith at the University of Sydney and his colleagues filmed several common Sydney octopuses (Octopus tetricus) interacting at a site in Jervis Bay dubbed “Octopolis”. It is one of the few places in the otherwise sandy sea bottom where octopuses can make dens, so there are an unusual number of the animals in a small area.

It's creating an evolutionary pressure to grow fast.

As the continents’ frozen burden dissipates, the ground deforms — not only in the immediate area, but also in far-flung locations.

Rattlesnakes have evolved a clever method of convincing humans that danger is closer than you think.

A plant that grows in bogs along the west coast of North America has been spotted using its flowers to eat insects – until now, researchers had no idea it was carnivorous

Trees, grasses and wildlife are returning as Lord Randal Plunkett recreates a vanished landscape in County Meath

A species of tiny chameleons thought to be extinct from deforestation has been found, but it's clinging to survival and still might face additional threats, according to a new study.

Events in the genome of Welwitschia have given it the ability to survive in an unforgiving desert for thousands of years.

A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say.

Yale researchers observing the brains of closed-eyed baby mice found waves that help explain why mammals can navigate their environment so soon after birth.

Narrated by David Attenborough.

Researchers blame poaching and hunting far beyond quotas after species dropped from endangered list