Which animal kills the most humans per year? If you guessed sharks, you'd be wrong ...

Thanks to decades of Hollywood terror, sharks have earned one of the most fearsome reputations in the animal kingdom. Movies like "Jaws" have painted these ancient predators as mindless killing ...

The world's third-largest land mammal after the African and Asian elephants, the common hippo is no pushover. Reaching up to 5m long and weighing a mighty 4500kg (about six times the mass of a typical ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus, and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of people die from such infections every year. David Hancock was almost one of ...