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Located totally above the Arctic Circle & nearly the same size as Yellowstone NP, this is America's wildest, most extreme & least disturbed landscape
A trip to Alaska’s most dramatic wilderness, where mammoths once roamed – and today, one of North America’s great wildlife spectacles unfolds
A colossal 900 snakes on the loose, swimming through floodwaters after severe flooding in South China
The snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped from a breeding farm amid severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak.
A tree that can walk? The 'walking tree' that's said to be able to move itself to a sunnier spot
There's a walking tree? Stuart Blackman investigates a tree that is said to be able to move
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It was the largest cheetah ever, weighing up to 3 times more than today's
Learn about new fossil studies revealing its impressive size, making it the largest cheetah to have ever roamed the earth.
Are elephant graveyards a real thing? Is there any truth in the legend elephants go to a special place to die?
Stuart Blackman goes in search of the truth behind the famous legend of elephant graveyards.
“It can reach speeds of an impressive 72 kmph..." 6 fastest, speediest wild dogs on the planet
When you picture a fast animal, a cheetah or a racehorse probably comes to mind – but wild dogs are quietly some of the most efficient runners on the planet
"This was a disaster for native wildlife that had few defences. This small, agile predator can find its way into the narrowest burrow"
Could mink be on their way out across Britain?
"They found a large, nose-shaped structure, bigger than a Cadillac, inside a house..."
The world’s biggest wasp nest is longer than a Cadillac and shaped like a nose
At 7cm long it's not only the biggest wasp in the world but the deadliest thanks to its 6mm stinger – just how deadly is it?
This giant wasp would not be a welcome guest at your picnic, says Kitty Aldis
Scientists entered a cave on a mysterious Caribbean island, strewn with strange fossils. What they found there was like nothing else on Earth
Bees are known for being incredibly smart – this recent discovery confirms that their ancient counterparts were just as resourceful.
Scientists tied plastic bottles to fishing nets – what happened next amazed them
Hundreds of dolphins die in fishing nets every year. How adding this one thing to nets s could help save them
Hundreds of miles. One plastic cap. 307 individual hitchhikers
Researchers found hundreds of organisms hitchhiking on a plastic bottle cap and warn that this type of pollution could cause invasive species to move into new areas
Did Neanderthals talk – a lot – like us?
just how communicative were neanderthals?
It was a 2-metre-tall, 500kg prehistoric monster pig with bone-crushing jaws – one of the most ferocious predators ever to have lived
These huge, terrifying, prehistoric pig-like creatures were the t-Rex of their day, says Will Newton
Are there snakes in the freezing Arctic?
Yes there is a snake that can live in the Arctic Circle says Jules Howard, thanks to special adaptions
It was a snake, but no ordinary snake. At a staggering 4m long this prehistoric monster was the largest venomous serpent to have ever lived
Known from just a handful of fossils, Laophis remains one of the most intriguing and elusive giant snakes ever discovered.
It spans 7m and contains 50,000 scurrying creatures that all work together to take down prey
Living, hunting and raising young together, this social spider forms one of the largest cooperative groups of any arachnid in the world.
“They don’t have the strength – so they’ve turned into a mass killing machine”
In a clip from the BBC’s Evolution, Chris Packham explains how ants have evolved to become efficient hunters
DSLR vs mirrorless. Full frame vs APS-C. Which wildlife photography kit is actually right for you – and what do all the acronyms mean
Our expert buyer’s guide to wildlife photography kit is full of inside advice for the total newbie or seasoned pro
It might be called a cat but this is no cat, and can even climb down trees head-first. Discover the USA's weirdest, most secretive predator...
Learn all about the fisher in this expert guide by Pamela Flick, from Defenders of Wildlife
"Marine animals were mysteriously dropping dead: around 1 million were wiped out." Scientists now know the reason why – and it's terrifying
Marine researchers in Australia have found what might be the most toxic species of microalgae ever studied.
“350,000 are culled each year – it should be more like 750,000.” Rising deer populations are ravaging woodlands in the UK
With rising deer populations destroying woodlands, the UK faces a simple question: why aren’t we eating more of them?
Bee vs fly: what's the difference between these two buzzing insects?
We think we know the difference, but sometimes one of these insects mimics the behaviours of the other – which can make things very confusing...
The huge 200kg 'man-eating' sea monster that never actually ate anyone
These colossal clams were rumoured to kill humans but the opposite is true – climate change, pollution and overharvesting are pushing them to the brink
