When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

Explore 25 giant prehistoric ancestors of modern day animals! See colossal creatures like elephant-sized sloths and rhinos.

Big animals are scary. But what if they were even bigger? Sharks the size of ships, apes that could scale buildings, rats of unusual size - not only are they frightening to think about, they were once ...

It’s not easy being big. That’s the conclusion executive producer Tom Hugh-Jones (“Planet Earth II,” “Night on Earth”) and producer Bill Markham (“Wildest Latin America,” “Animal”) came to when ...

In the 1800s, when blood sports were more socially acceptable, the term “Big Five” was coined to refer to the lion, rhino, buffalo, elephant and leopard – the animals that trophy hunters in Africa ...

Unlike humans and many other animals, snakes don’t chew their food. They swallow their prey whole, which can include animals much larger than you might expect, such as deer, goats, and even crocodiles ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

Big animals of the ocean go about their days mostly hidden from view. Scientists know these marine megafauna—such as whales, sharks, seals, turtles and birds—travel vast distances to feed and breed.

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