These grazing antelopes live in herds, which can consist of as few as ten or as many as several hundred animals ... The Thomson's gazelle can reach speeds of 40 miles an hour.

Meanwhile, the Arabian sand gazelle gracefully roams the dunes of the Middle East, and the desert cottontail and antelope jackrabbit inhabit the windblown deserts of southern Arizona and northern ...

While the animals may not be able to fly in real life, they can, indeed, swim—and see ultraviolet light, among other talents. Discover 12 fascinating facts that make these majestic creatures so ...

Tardigrades may be the toughest animals on Earth. They have evolved to live almost anywhere and survive almost anything. Some tardigrades can shrug off conditions that would obliterate most living ...

The parched plains turn green, and herds of grazing animals come to feed on the lush new pastures. But for wildebeest, zebra and gazelle, the exuberant foliage is both saviour and curse.

From vomiting to pooping, all the animal facts and behaviours left unmentioned in pet store brochures are shown here, in vivid detail, with sounds, video, and even games. There are 16 different ...

One night, several years ago, I heard what sounded like a horse neighing. Being in the suburbs at the time, I knew it wasn’t ...

A young Grant's gazelle suddenly dashes between the clusters ... to create the ear bones that let us hear better than other animals. We have complex teeth that let us grind and chew our food ...

UK law both requires and regulates experiments on animals. Any new drug must be tested on at least two different species of live mammal, one of which must be a large non-rodent. The way scientists ...

tech and fun facts all week long. Fossil evidence indicates that dogs were domesticated around 23,000 years ago and were the only animals domesticated during the Pleistocene Epoch (aka the Ice Age ...

People living near a chimpanzee research centre in Guinea attacked the facility on Friday after a woman said one of the ...

Read on to uncover 30 fascinating facts about creatures great and small... JT Platt/Shutterstock Surprisingly for animals that weigh an average of 3.5 tonnes, hippos can run at speeds of around 19 ...