All news on the topic: Rare animals

A burmese python shocked guests at a holiday park when it suddenly appeared outside. The 'humongous' size of the snake was so large that it took three people to pick it up

Wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan didn't always work with animals or even as a broadcaster. The 58-year-old star was a talented performer as a child leading to a different career path starting out

Perhaps the largest of its kind, this newly identified sunfish species will be around for beachgoers to see for some time, as scavengers will be unable to pierce its tough, hardy outer layer of skin.

Orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, led by an orca named Gladis Blanca, are attacking boat rudders, but researchers attribute it to defensive actions rather than hostility

Videos uploaded to Instagram from multiple accounts show men in khaki shirts “luring” and picking up or posing next to inland taipans - one of the deadliest snakes in the world

Fishers, a mammal that used to reside in North America, that resembled a large mink have been hunted to extinction in swathes across the US

A British woman and her family came across a mysterious angel-winged creature with on the beach while on holiday but were sad to find out the truth about the animal.

The tiny glutinous snail, which measures just 1.5cm (0.6 inches) long, was once widespread across Britain but is now located in just one lake in Wales, Llyn Tegid

Emily Scott, 23, was enjoying a stroll with her one-year-old baby Willow Harris when she came across the bizarre creature lying on the sand with what appeared to be no eyes in its head

Christopher Ward was bitten by his pet Gila monster for four minutes and suffered seizures before dying due to complications linked to the lizard's venom, an autopsy has shown

The large footprint was found near the South West Coast Path over the weekend leading to much speculation over who it might belong to. It's not the first time such prints have been spotted

The new Pleurobranchaea britannica sea slug, which is part of a group usually found in Senegal and Spain, was discovered off the south west coast of England, likely due to climate change

The fish, estimated to weigh about 250 pounds or 18 stone, was caught by 17-year-old high school student Isaac Francis who hauled the monster ashore at Turtle Beach in Sarasota, Florida, US

Walnut, a popular crane at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, chose one of the attraction's workers as her mate and built up a cult following because of it

Eric Evans found the creature dubbed the "Salish sea monster" as he and his brother walked close to where the Elwah River meets the Salish Sea in the US state of Washington

A shelter came to the rescue for sweet Narwhal, who was dubbed 'The Little Magical Fairy Unicorn' thanks to the tail growing from his head. He's seen some big challenges in his short little life

Halen Carbajal crossed a fence to get closer to a bison when he saw them in a land in Provo, Utah. He ended up with a liver laceration, a broken rib, and a bruised lung

The six legged cow from Brazil wasn't expected to stay alive. Now, his farmer claims the special cow is in excellent condition and leads a normal life

The robotic scarecrows, known in Japan as the Monster Wolf, were initially used to stop wild animals intruding on farmland, but authorities are now buying their own to prevent bear attacks on people

Scientists from the Louisiana University Marine Consortium dropped three dead alligators in the Gulf of Mexico to try and understand how land animals impact ocean food chains

Tommy the Brown Swiss bovine from Massachusetts has been named the World's Tallest Cow by the Guinness World Records

Brisbane North Snake Catchers managed to unravel the python from its coil around the car, which was parked in Griffin, an area of Australia's Queensland state

The 33-year-old German woman, from Bavaria in Germany, died after sustaining fatal chest injuries when the 1.8-tonne rhinocerous, called Jeti, attacked her for "unknown reasons" before turning on her husband

The Aequorea Victoria, commonly known as the 'crystal jelly', has been seen off the coast of Cornwall and, according to experts, the sightings are a sign that the sea is now warmer

Fisherman denies the odds and lands a two-million-to-one blue lobster off the coast of Devon that has stunned experts, but the rare crustacean is saved from the pot and released back into the sea