BBC Wildlife Magazine
Recent articles by BBC Wildlife Magazine
"I was simply terrified. I felt the whoosh of the current – then it was gone, leaving only a cloud of scales and blood swirling in my flashlight beam"
A surprisingly illuminating night dive with a speedy bull shark
"His small trunk and ears were free, but his rear-end was stuck fast in dark, oozing mud. He looked exhausted and must have been struggling for hours"
Dusan sings to an elephant
in a sticky situation while waiting for help to arrive
"I was dragged into the murk. I clawed at the sand in hope of grabbing a rock to hit the big carnivore and pry my leg out from its jaws"
Marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez went searching for one predator – but had a scary encounter with another.
"I was suddenly awoken by a bear trying to break in. First, it crawled around on the roof. Then it started pushing and clawing at the windows..."
Photographer Isaac Szabo talks hellbenders, chub nests and bears on the roof
One of India's deadliest snakes is becoming even more dangerous...
Armed with skill, to remove India’s deadliest snake from where it doesn’t belong: inside people’s homes
"I was once charged by a musk ox – and they can shift. Fortunately, I could shift faster than the photographer I was with..."
Wildlife photographer Pete Cairns on snow, squirrels and uncooperative eagles
Sun, sand and a deadly paradise for Kenya’s rarest monkeys: Inside the battle to save them before it's too late
Monkeys are overrunning Kenya’s tourist hotspots in the south of the country. Their apparent abundance in Diani, however, is not a straightforward conservation success story
I woke up to a bear cub pulling at my sleeping bag – and then its mother arrived...
Wildlife photographer Danny Green talks sinking ships and battles for sleeping bags
"You have to shoot the animal in the shoulder and wait about five minutes for the animal to get groggy and fall over."
a runaway zebra has an unpredicted response to anaesthetic and has to be saved from a tree
“I was so focused on taking photos that I didn’t realise I was sinking into quicksand.”
Aishwarya Sridhar talks fireflies, leopards and torn trousers
What's the fastest whale in the world? Clue - it can swim at 37kph, despite weighing a hefty 70 tonnes
The animals that cook their prey alive before eating
Are we the only creatures that cook animals?
"I was attacked by a swarm of wasps in a bamboo forest in South Korea. I still remember how fast I had to run."
Agorastos Papatsanis on the magic of mushrooms and running from wasps
Reindeer vs deer: what's the difference between a reindeer and a deer? Other than one can fly obviously...
What are reindeer? How do they differ to deer? Lauren Cosson from the Essex Wildlife Trust explains.
"I retreated as fast as I could. It took a few sweat-pouring minutes of bounding over boulders and slipping on scree." Prowling leopard too close for comfort
Josh found himself in a tight spot between a troop of agitated baboons and a prowling leopard
“I ripped off my trousers and stood there screaming.” Wildlife photographer on being accosted by driver ants in Rwanda
Wildlife photographer Derek Nielsen on charming chimps, wise elephants and ants in his pants
“I was setting up a camera trap when we heard a trumpet. An elephant was charging, flattening every tree in its path.”
Hair-raising adventures with big-cat
lover Sebastian Kennerknecht
“I’ve been frozen like an ice block, overheated to the point of melting and immersed in water for hours.”
Nick Garbutt is loving lemurs and big cats, but midges? No thanks
“I endured one and a half hours submerged in the freezing water, with only my head visible.” Wildlife photographer shares adventures above the Arctic Circle
Adventures above the Arctic Circle with bird lover Knut-Sverre Horn
10 incredible, dramatic shipwrecks around the world that are just teeming with marine life
Shipwrecks are not just fascinating reminds of history – they can also become biodiversity hotspots. The experts
How do the ocean's deadliest predators catch their prey in the vast blue wilderness?
How do you track down prey in a vast, seemingly featureless ‘blue desert’?
Wait there's wild hamsters? Oh yes – and they're fuzzy, feisty, and just as cute and podgy as your childhood pet, just 4 times the size
Europe's wild hamsters are feisty giants with a predatory streak, but under threat, says Mark Stratton
Nature’s weirdest defenders: From blood-shooting lizards to slime-spewing fish, 10 creatures that fight back dirty if attacked
This creature has one of the mightiest, most lethal weapons in the animal kingdom – and he uses it to impress the girls
Meet the male fiddler crab, a tiny beach brawler whose oversized claw is both his greatest weapon and his boldest love letter