BBC Wildlife Magazine
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It has a creepy stare, prowls the night, taps on trees to find food – and is feared as an omen of death. Is this the weirdest primate on the planet?
What is an aye-aye? Where do they live and what is the point of their strange middle finger? Learn all about them in our expert guide
Before they shrunk: 6 huge prehistoric ancestors of animals you know today
Long before evolution downsized them, these giant prehistoric ancestors roamed the Earth, giving rise to the animals we know today.
Meet all 6 species of British deer – including a particularly weird, diminutive deer that barks like a dog and has fangs like a snake
There are six species of British deer, varying in size from the diminutive Muntjac to the Monarch of the Glen, the red deer
4 animals that can cheat death again and again: Meet the creatures that refuse to die...
Do these animals really live forever?
What the deep-sea robots saw when they went to the darkest depths of our oceans
Scariest spiders on the planet: 9 creepy arachnids that may send shivers down your spine
Here are some of the scariest spiders on the planet - but remember only a very few pose any real threat to humans, so rather than hate them, marvel at their prowess and ingenuity instead
This majestic, silent killer can fly at 80kph and spot prey from an extraordinary 1.5km away
All you need to know about the enigmatic hawk owl
7 weirdest fungi in the world you (probably) haven't heard of, from the gross-looking bleeding tooth to the creepy dead man's fingers
Fungi can be very strange. Here's our round-up of some of the weirdest fungi on the planet.
Who was Jane Goodall? We explore the life of the groundbreaking conservationist and how she changed the world
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, was a world-renowned ethologist, conservationist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world.
It's shy, sleek and built for trees. Meet the feline beauty that's the size of a Labrador and famous for its hugely flexible, deadly jaw that can open at a full 100 degrees
Meet the clouded leopard, a striking jungle predator
How a giant, furry tarantula helped me overcome depression and anxiety —and why you should start loving these amazing arachnids too
How the unlikely pastime of tarantula-watching helped one woman overcome her anxiety
Tree ring count reveals true age of iconic, world-famous Sycamore Gap tree
Historic England scientists have confirmed the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, felled in 2023, was more than a century old
It's one of the world's most beloved animals, weighs as much as a a sumo wrestler and has one of the most boring diets on the planet
Learn all about the giant panda, including why they're threatened, how they raise young and the complexities of captive breeding.
It has iron-coated razor-sharp teeth, weighs the same as a beer keg and delivers its deadly venom by raking its teeth through its prey’s flesh
Komodo dragons have inspired myths and legends for centuries. We take a look at the fearsome predator
Do animals get drunk?
Yes animals can get drunk - here's a few who enjoy a tipple
It has an eerie transparent skull that looks like a diving helmet and is the only animal on Earth to have eyes under its skin inside its head
With its see-through head, the Pacific barreleye fish is one of the weirdest fish in the ocean. Learn all about it in this expert guide from Dave Brian Butvill
It can scale vertical cliffs, shuffles along on its bottom grazing like a cow, and has flowing blond hair and a blazing red chest: Here's the planet's weirdest monkey
Picture a primate that grazes like a cow, climbs cliffs like a mountain goat and forms groups as big as shoals of fish. Noah Snyder-Mackler introduces Ethiopia’s gelada.
There’s a remote volcanic island off Brazil home to scientists, the military – and a crab called John
The yellow land crab lives a secret life on an island stronghold off the coast of Brazil. Conservation photographer
Fernando Faciole went to find out more about this charismatic crustacean.
It barks like a dog, looks like a cross between a squirrel and a hamster and is the size of a bowling pin – meet an adorable, but little-known, American creature
Meet the cute and charismatic prairie dog
It has the beauty and legs of a supermodel, a top speed of 40mph, can leap 3 metres high - yet is just 50cm tall. Meet one of the world's weirdest cats
Meet the beautiful serval cat, a leggy wild cat that roams sub-Saharan Africa
It moves like a cat, climbs like a primate and spends much of its time high up in trees — meet the world's weirdest dog
The bizarre fox that's loaded with quite un-fox-like adaptations for life high in the canopy.
It's as long as a football goal, has legs as thick as wrists and is able to rip monkeys from branches with deadly talons: Meet the world's most powerful bird
What are harpy eagles? Where do they live and just how big are they? Learn all about this iconic eagle in our expert guide
Think flying ants are a nuisance? Think again – here's why Flying Ant Day is actually one of the UK's most remarkable natural spectacles (you might be surprised)
Flying ants are harmless to humans. In fact, their mass emergence in the middle of summer is really quite amazing. Here's why...
“Chicken is her favourite dish. If one clucks, she comes”: can anacondas, chickens and humans coexist in the Amazon?
A Q&A with researcher Dr Beatriz Cosendey on her recently published study exploring human-snake relationships in the várzea regions of the Lower Amazon River.