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Robot sent deep into Atlantic Ocean. Its mission? To investigate the largest animal migration on Earth
The world’s largest animal migration and ocean gyres play vital roles in the global carbon cycle. Scientists went into the deep to learn more about this vital process.
Drones reveal massive ‘buried glaciers’ in the US. They could guide search for water on Mars
A major breakthrough in the search for water on Mars has been made thanks to a pioneering new study
Just who is Sir David Attenborough? Where did he come from, how did he start in television and how on Earth did he get so famous?
Beloved by millions around the world, Sir David Attenborough is an inspirational broadcaster, presenter and conservationist. He first worked as a producer in the early 1950s and began to present in 1954 on Zoo Quest. Even though he is in his 90s, he continues to present and narrate natural history documentaries, such as Frozen Planet II, The Green Planet and Dynasties II for the BBC and Prehistoric Planet for Apple TV.
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It’s named after the god of the underworld and contains creatures so weird they haven’t been identified yet
The deepest part of the ocean – the Challenger Deep – is in the hadal zone, a deep-sea region named after the Greek god of the underworld
Each year, thousands of fish fall from the sky in Utah. This is why
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has been aerially stocking fish for decades
"Extremely rare" platypus teeth found in Australian outback. Here's why the discovery has got scientists so excited
A new study describing the discovery of rare platypus fossils has shed some light on the evolutionary history of one of Earth’s most enigmatic mammals…
East River DNA reveals secrets of life (and death) in New York
New Environmental DNA study sheds light on local wildlife and dietary habits of New Yorkers.
14 powerful images from the Environmental Photography Award 2026
Britta Jaschinski's photo of a glowing sea turtle wins top prize in this year's Environmental Photography Award.
It’s millions of years old, larger than California and home to creatures that exist nowhere else on Earth
This ancient island contains hundreds of endemic (and iconic) species
David Attenborough’s ‘big 100th birthday bash’ will be celebrated in a live BBC special – here’s how to watch it
A special event marking David Attenborough’s 100th birthday is coming to the Royal Albert Hall
Under cover of darkness, a huge animal lumbers up a rocky track before descending into a cave and navigating pitch blackness to reach its prize
When not comes to finding the essential salt they need Savannah elephants have to go on a dangerous journey
"When danger threatens, the gut wall ruptures and the sticky organ is ejected through its bottom..."
Black sea cucumbers channel their inner spider to entangle predators
A venomous pit viper has been hiding in China's misty mountains
Scientists describe new species of amber-eyed, grass-green snake from China's Giant Panda National Park.
15 brutal, savage wildlife photos showcasing wild animals at their most ferocious and powerful
Brutal animals are those defined by their power, aggression, or deadly impact – whether through sheer strength, sharp weapons, or silent disease.
"Kids are super-interested in the natural world." Film-maker Hamza Yassin on lions, hippos… and worms
Celebrated wildlife film-maker Hamza Yassin says we should be doing more to encourage children's love of wildlife
Millions of armoured creatures are crawling into this US bay. What happens next is wild
Every April, horseshoe crabs descend on Delaware Bay to spawn, forming the largest horseshoe crab aggregation on the planet.
It’s deep enough to hide Mount Kilimanjaro, contains bone-eating worms and is the world’s largest habitat
The fourth of five ocean zones – the abyssopelagic zone or the abyss – stretches from 4,000 to 6,000 metres deep
It has a dagger beak, red throat and torpedo body – and its eerie cry is echoing across remote lochs
The red-throated diver, or red-throated loon, has one of the most evocative calls in the bird world.
10 rarest dogs in the world, many on the brink of extinction, from the beautiful Ethiopian wolf to the bizarre aquatic bush dog...
Meet the planet’s most elusive canids.
"Once an animal puts their head into a snare and moves, it tightens quickly around their body"
“Tightening around this male’s neck, the wire would have caused serious damage and risked infection, had it not been removed.”
What actually is the difference between plants and animals? It's not as obvious as you think, say scientists...
The natural world doesn’t always fit neatly into our defined boundaries, says Will Newton
It's big enough to swallow cities, deep enough to hide skyscrapers and inside lies an ancient, thriving 'lost world' cut off from everything above
At the bottom of a vast limestone chasm in southern China, a self-contained forest has taken root in near-permanent shadow, creating an isolated ecosystem that feels more like a lost world than a place on Earth.
"It’s one of the few places on Earth where tigers stalk & attack humans, & the only jungle where the leading cause of human death is an apex predator"
A vast, tangled delta of mangrove forests straddling India and Bangladesh, the Sundarbans is a hauntingly beautiful yet lethal wilderness, where shifting tides conceal stealthy Bengal tigers and other deadly predators
