Animal

Every year, millions of straw-coloured fruit bats descend on Zambia's little-known Kasanka National Park, creating one of Africa's most extraordinary wildlife spectacles.

In a series of striking photographs, Marcia Riederer captures the elegance and curiosity of the elusive dwarf minke whale.

Pangolins caught up in the illegal trade can be saved, but require huge amounts of care to rehabilitate. These trafficked pangolins were returned to the wild – and are now thriving.

Cats and dogs can be allergic to pollen and even humans, but getting a diagnosis is a lengthy process.

All-female species have been long thought of as evolutionary dead ends – but one fish has defied the odds to live without males, revealing new clues to how genomes stay healthy.

The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants.

As a child, Sir David Attenborough was transfixed by the work of Cherry Kearton, a photographer and filmmaker who almost single-handedly changed the way we view the natural world.