People & Wildlife
"There was a loud ‘CRACK.‘ The filming vehicle was falling rapidly through the sea ice, and we had seconds to escape.” What you don't see on Netflix's Our Planet
On paper it sounded a good idea...
Rare tiger caught on camera trap among 24 incredible photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Awards
A snoozing sloth, dolphin superpod and young pangolin are all celebrated in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award 2026
"My heart sank. I could see how helpless the mother looked, and I could only imagine how frightened and exhausted her baby must have been"
Rescuers rush to rescue this baby elephant – will they arrive in time?
"The elephant crashed into the vehicle again, trying to roll it. I shouted to get out and the students slid out of the tilting car."
Elephants are responding to poaching and human-wildlife conflict in unpredictable ways, and even an experienced guide can find themselves in trouble.
"As it passed mere millimetres from my body, it released a massive cloud of excrement that covered me head to fin"
While filming cetaceans in the Azores, Chris Vyvyan-Robinson gives the boat crew something to laugh about.
What's new?
“I immediately knew it was the largest tiger shark I’ve ever seen in my life. This was like a truck.”
A scientist has a close encounter with a shark – but something extraordinary comes to her rescue
“We are nature ourselves. We are a part of it.” King Charles III’s ground-breaking documentary highlights his philosophy of Harmony
The King will highlight the need to build a more sustainable future in the feature-length film
"I shudder to think how often I’ve courted disaster, unknowingly, like this"
two hunters narrowly escape an encounter with a hungry polar bear in alaska.
“After living almost 100 years on this planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth”: David Attenborough film goes on tour
The Attenborough-narrated Ocean In Concert is going on tour around the UK and Norway
“It seemed like a matter of urgency – who knew if these sounds would be accessible to me if I put things off for another year?”
Progressive hearing loss prompted a memorable quest to absorb nature’s calls and choruses
Meet The Scientist
Real-life horror: How a scientist's harrowing death-by-snake in the 1950s inspired the movie 'Killer Shrews'
Karl P Schmidt documented his harrowing symptoms from a deadly snake bite as his condition deteriorated
Who first realised the Earth was very, very old?
How the father of geology - and biology - James Hutton challenged 18th century beliefs
Rachel Louise Carson: the renowned writer, scientist, biologist, and ecologist
We explore the life of scientist Rachel Carson, perhaps the finest and most important nature writer of the 20th Century.
Opinion
Healthy seas store more carbon than forests – so why is marine rewilding far less common?
"Never has it been so important to save our seabeds", says author Kate Bradbury
Ancient folklore is being rewritten by climate change. We need to restore balance to the seasons
In ancient folklore, the changing seasons are personified by the battle between the Oak King and Holly King
Opinion: “Stupid eco-nutters and clowns – why are environmentalists treated with such little respect?”
Environmentalists are often given a bad name, says Mark Carwardine. But why?
Tales from the Bush
The car was stuck in the mud. Then an elephant charged. I still can’t believe what happened next
Daniel Stiles shares a heart-stopping encounter with an elephant in Kenya
“The huge shadow of an irate black rhino emerged. My only option was to pretend to be a tree.”
Jess Stevens was tracking rhinos in the Namibian bush when she heard the familiar snort of a nearby rhino...
“I almost didn’t dare to breathe. Then, a pointy nose peered from around the trunk.”
When birdwatching in Canberra, Olivia came across one of Australia's most elusive animals
Volunteers
Surveying birds and restoring wetland habitat
Megan Shersby and Ann Chadwick meet Joe Fryer who volunteers at the nature reserve where he spent his childhood birdwatching with his grandad.
Habitat restoration in the Falkland Islands
Megan Shersby meets Captain Joe Harris RLC, an army captain who is helping wildlife while deployed in the Falkland Islands.
Verifying bird records in Guyana
Megan Shersby meets Leon Moore, a birder and wildlife tour guide who verifies eBird records for Guyana.
Wildlife Champion
Who is Chris Packham? Everything you need to know about the Springwatch presenter
Naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham is best-known for presenting BBC nature series Springwatch and for his conservation work. Here is everything you need to know about Chris Packham.
Thousands of exotic animals were abandoned when war broke out in Ukraine, but one woman stayed behind to save them
Witness the resilience and compassion of individuals and organisations as they work tirelessly to safeguard the Ukraine's precious wildlife during challenging times.
Lucy Cooke explains why she cares so much about pygmy three-toed sloths
We asked zoologist and author Lucy Cooke about the Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth and its remarkable adaptations, and why she set up the Sloth Appreciation Society.