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It has a bandit mask and punk-rocker crest – and can eat a whopping 1,000 berries a day
Meet the waxwing – the exotic-looking bird with a penchant for berries.
The adorable tree bumblebee is stirring from its winter slumber – and it's hungry
The tree bumblebee is one of the first bumblebee species to appear in spring.
It's made from 1,500 tiny white feathers, bound together with spider silk and takes up to 3 weeks to construct
When it comes to intricacy, few animal nests can compete with those constructed by long-tailed tits. This is how they make them
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This haunting shipwreck in North Carolina has its own 'shark ballroom'
Why sand tiger sharks aggregate at the Aeolus wreck off the east coast of the US isn’t clear.
Extraordinary footage shows female tiger carrying newborn cubs up a cliff in India
Biologist and wildlife filmmaker Dan O’Neill sheds light on the rare behaviour, which he filmed in India's Ranthambore National Park.
These giants were planted by the Victorians. Now little birds sleep inside them
It’s easy to see how the treecreeper got its name…
A snake the weight of a grizzly bear and a giant centipede that hangs from cave ceilings – meet 10 of the Amazon's deadliest animals
From a huge carnivorous centipede to a tiny poisonous frog, here are some of the of the deadliest creatures in the Amazon.
‘Inflatable’ feet, walking on water and making a living raft: 10 unusual (and downright bizarre) ways animal move around
These animals like to ‘move it move it’, though not quite in the conventional sense…
This tiny carnivorous bug produces an astonishing natural spectacle in New Zealand and has an ingenious way of catching its prey
An incredible spectacle in New Zealand is the result of a tiny creature with a devious way of catching prey.
Teeth from a 15 meter-long shark and ancient plants: 15 incredible fossils you could find on the shoreline
Want to get close to life millions of years ago? It's easier than you think. Here are 15 amazing fossils you could find across the UK
The world’s largest desert is enormous and there’s hardly any rain – but it’s not hot. Here’s why
The largest desert in the world isn't where you think it might be...
Scientists tracked 6 ‘ghosts of the desert’ through the Saudi Arabian wilderness. This is what they found
Sand cats leave no tracks. To find out more about these elusive felines, researchers fitted half a dozen of them with GPS collars.
9 ruthless insect assassins – including one that chops the heads of its victims before removing their limbs
From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural world.
Devouring prey alive and biting off a mate’s head – these 9 praying mantis photos are jaw-dropping
When it strikes, the praying mantis moves with explosive speed...
“I couldn’t make sense of what I was looking at” – Deep sea submarine pilot recalls first sighting of super rare ocean giant
It’s not only deep-sea researchers that get to see the rare giant phantom jellyfish
It can grow over 2m long, is made up of 400 body segments and makes a strange gurgling sound as it moves underground
It can grow over 2m long, is made up of 400 body segments and makes a strange gurgling sound as it moves beneath the ground.
Impaling on spikes, water bombing and stabbing – birds are more brutal than you realised. Here's 5 gruesome techniques they use to kill
Discover the brutal techniques used by some British birds to catch their prey - from impaling on spikes through to stabbing
It’s 80 miles wide, larger than the state of Florida and is dubbed the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ – discover Antarctica’s most unstable glacier
Often referred to as the ‘Doomsday Glacier’, Thwaites Glacier is a fragile ice giant whose collapse could accelerate sea-level rise
7 astonishing underwater kingfisher photos that show the beautiful bird is just as at home below the surface as above it
These remarkable photographs show how a kingfisher dives and the ingenious way it is adapted for underwater
The wildlife traveller's calendar: Plan your year around these wildlife spectacles
Seek wildlife holiday inspiration with this month-by-month travel calendar
Adorable seal pups among 15 spectacular images from Underwater Photographer of the Year awards
Matty Smith’s photo of abandoned southern elephant seal pups takes the top prize
Forget gender wars! These bizarre birds have had equality sorted for some 44 million years - watch them in action
These ground-loving birds mate for life and work together to protect their young
Watch agonising BBC footage of deadly crocodiles attacking animals oblivious to the danger not once, but twice... You will be yelling at the screen
Watch incredible BBC footage of wildebeests at the water's edge going back into crocodile-infested waters, narrated by David Attenborough
“After nearly an hour of brutal fighting, it’s all over.” An otter family must defend its pups from a caiman. What happens next is extraordinary
In footage captured for the BBC TV programme Giant Otters of the Amazon, a caiman refuses to back down from fighting with a family of otters
