Discover Wildlife

Animal Behaviour

Discover the world’s most exciting species with the biologists who know them best.

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An adult fox will retreat rather than face a female badger protecting her cubs.

Discover all you need to know about the protective, parenting practice of the badger. 

How do mammals adapt to life underground? spread

How do mammals that live underground survive in dark, airless burrows? What are the main challenges they face, and how do they adapt and modify their environments?

A female hare and her leverets.

Discover all you need to know about the family life of the brown hare. 

How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly? spread

The metamorphosis from furry crawler to winged beauty is nothing short of miraculous – but how is it achieved, and what happens inside that pupa?

How to watch British wildlife

Red, fallow and sika deer are most exciting to watch in the autumn, when the rut begins. But not all deer are the same, so what should you look out for?

Preening is vital for maintaining the cleanliness of the mute swan's feathers

Wildlife photographer Malcolm Schuyl explores the behaviour, appeal, culture and biology of the mute swan in this beautiful gallery. 

Red fox exploring territory in Bristol during autumn

After a chance encounter with a red fox, Ian Wade's urban photography project developed into a year long passion that resulted in these intimate images.

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Fergus Gill learns to track down and photograph mountain hares in the Cairngorms National Park during the summer.

James Fair, environment editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine

In June this year, Örjan Johansson recorded the first-ever footage of wild snow leopard cubs, in Mongolia’s South Gobi Desert. BBC Wildlife Magazine's environment editor, James Fair, interviewed him about this extraordinary footage. 

Why we should love slugs opening page

Slugs are vilified as slimy garden pests with revolting table manners. But Richard Jones reckons that we should give these much-maligned molluscs a second chance.