Nick Baker
TV presenter and naturalist
Television wildlife presenter Nick Baker has travelled to the wildest parts of the planet in search of weird, bizarre and incredible creatures. Nick writes a monthly Hidden World column in BBC Wildlife Magazine where he shares wildlife stories from around the globe.
Recent articles by Nick Baker
This parasitic creature penetrates its host with potent venom and injects its eggs – and could be lurking in a pond near you
Discover the fairy wasp, a dastardly winged insect that parasitises beetle eggs in the depths of garden ponds
This deadly killer - which looks like it's riding a pale pink magic carpet – likes to paralyse and liquidise its prey
If you're visiting a sandy beach you may like to reflect on something that might be going on below your feet. Lurking behind the veil of wet sand, a killer is on the prowl. A driller-killer, no less. Let me introduce you to the moon snail
He uses his huge, giant neck to wrestle and show off with. She uses hers to sew an intricate leaf cradle for her one, very precious egg
This curious species of long-necked
beetle is unique to Madagascar
It may look like ice – but don't be fooled for this is a rare and alive eerie woodland phenomenon that even astounds the experts...
Nick Baker takes a look at the weird phenomenon that produces hair ice, a rare winter wonder formed by a bit of alchemy magic
This creature looks like a big worm – but has teeth, tentacles, a pseudo penis and can pop its own eyes out of its head
It looks like a big worm – but has teeth, tentacles and a pseudo penis
There's a rare and mystifying animal in the Pyrenees that looks like a tiny, furry elephant – known as a 'trumpet rat'
Webbed feet, a flexible snout and waterproof fur – the curious Pyrenean desman is surely one of Europe's oddest mammals.
It looks like a gothic demon – complete with spiky horns – and has a bizarrely large, square aerodynamic head, which allows it to fly...
The sizeable forest insect that glides because its life depends on it
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.
It's the size of a Labrador and barks like a dog, yet has fangs like a snake and doesn't eat meat. Meet one of the weirdest wild animals on the planet
Discover all you need to know about muntjac deer, including why it has glands on its face
It looks like a bundled-up sheet of bubble wrap or a weird ball of jelly bubbles and is often found on strandlines – but what on earth is it?
The bizarre paradoxical frog shrinks as it grows up – and could help treat diabetes in humans
This amphibian’s colossal tadpole breaks one of nature's biggest rules and shrinks down into adulthood
This bizarre ocean creature has 8 legs, looks like an alien and sucks up and spits out its prey after taking a tasty bite
Sea spiders are strange creatures, and the gangly lancer sea spider is one of the strangest of all
12 weirdest insects in the world - including a moth that resembles a poodle and a fly with eyes on stalks
The insect world is definitely a weird one - and there are some that are even weirder than the others. Discover some of the world's strangest and bizarrest insects
This creepy crawly has ‘tentacles’ that can break off, pops out of a hatch and its name translates to ‘a frightening monkey thing’
It’s also furry and slides slowly over leaves. So… what the heck is it?
This honking ‘satanic turkey’ has a unicorn-like horn, hollow bones and rustles like bubble wrap
The 'air jousting' avian is famed for its loud calls akin to a rubber foot pump with hiccups
It's a psychedelic fuzz of fur and spine – and a master of photonic communications like something from a sci fi movie
Nick Baker takes a look at one of the sea's strangest creatures, the sea mouse
The poisonous hooded pitohui is the world's most toxic bird - able to exude some of the most powerful poisons in nature
Just how poisonous is the hooded pitohui?
This creature might be tiny but it sure is mighty as it has a backbone strong enough to withstand being stood on by a 70kg human
Is there really a shrew that can survive being stood on by a 70kg human for five minutes? Nick Baker investigates
This bizarre Australian bug looks ‘like a chipolata sausage’, has cannibalistic tendencies and swims through sand
Meet the seldom-seen subterranean insect that swims beneath your feet in Australia.
It breaks its own bones in the battle for a mate, can regenerate and is oddly hairy – meet this bizarre 'Wolverine'-like creature
Meet the amphibian with hair, claws and the ability to regenerate.
Deep in the Malaysian forest, I found a prehistoric-looking insect that's left scientists puzzled for hundreds of years
The females also remain forever young – as they stay in a juvenile form – and contain plenty of unpleasant chemicals.
These animals may all be female, but that doesn't stop them enjoying sex – thanks to a bit of role play
Some whiptail species are completely female and have virgin births
“If you’re stung, you must have sex within 24 hours or you’ll die” – the legend behind the insect that looks like a peanut
Its hefty headgear has garnered the lantern bug mythical status.
Meet the hydra, a tiny weird – and deadly – ribbon-like creature that can devour prey many times its size – and live forever...
Nick Baker takes a look at the fascinating hydra