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It's colossal – 3 times the height of Angel Falls – carries 5 million cubic metres of water every second and it's buried 3000 metres under the ocean
The Denmark Strait Cataract is the largest waterfall on the planet – and it’s hidden deep below the waves between Greenland and Iceland
If you disturb this critter prepare to be stink-bombed by nasty excretions; a fiendish spray that burns and blinds its prey. It's bite is pretty painful too
Keep an eye out for the beetle with the triple-threat defence.
Can a person outrun a lion? Just how fast is the King of Beasts?
We don't actually recommend finding out..
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"It causes rapid death in humans, with symptoms including lung collapse and brain haemorrhage"
Discover the awful symptoms of poisoning from hemlock water-dropwort, one of the most dangerous plants around
8 animals that can kill the enormous, deadly reticulated python. "If it struggles, the croc will spin it around – the death roll – and drag it down"
Reticulated pythons can take down large mammals, such as wild boar, deer and dogs, but sometimes the tables turn.
Why does a bee die after it stings you? And is that the case for all bees?
Just what happens to a bee after it stings you? Why do some species die and some survive?
When a deep-sea robot ventured down into the Atlantic's Doldrums, it found something massive no one expected – leaving scientists stunned
During a month-long mid-Atlantic expedition, underwater robots found rare hydrothermal vent systems, fish with translucent skulls and elusive squid with thread-like tentacles
What do a beetle and an iconic anime character have in common? A lot, apparently
Beetles constitute almost 25% of all known animal species – scientists just discovered two more.
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
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.
