https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/maned-wolf-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T16:04:04+00:00It has supermodel legs, walks like a camel, hunts like a cat and – bizarrely – loves fruit. Meet one of the weirdest dogs on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/swift-vs-swallow-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T15:58:41+00:00Swift or swallow? What’s the difference between these two remarkable birds that travel thousands of miles?Swift vs swallow:https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/prehistoric-deadly-sea-monstersBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T14:11:33+00:00"It had two gigantic 20cm fangs that it used to tear apart its prey." 10 horrifying, terrifying prehistoric sea monsters that once ruled our oceanshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/vulture-eagle-owl-nest-sites-argentinaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T13:49:15+00:00Scientists hid cameras in an abandoned house in Argentina – and found carnivores sharing a room inside ithttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/sebastian-kennerknecht-photographerBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T12:22:45+00:00“I was setting up a camera trap when we heard a trumpet. An elephant was charging, flattening every tree in its path. We ran...”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-animals-really-enjoy-sexBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T12:21:03+00:00Do animals enjoy sex? The species seeking pleasure as well as procreationhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/okapi-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T12:03:54+00:00It looks half-zebra, half-giraffe and has a 50cm tongue that can lick its own ears. Meet one of the world's most confusing animals.https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/trinidad-and-tobago-expeditionBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T11:38:52+00:00Large animal with cat-like eyes filmed at bottom of Caribbean Seahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/giraffe-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T11:19:15+00:00"It has to awkwardly shuffle and spread its front legs to reach the ground for a drink of water. Fortunately though it only needs to drink once every few days"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/blue-ringed-octopus-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T08:39:28+00:00"It can fit in the palm of your hand, could kill you in minutes with a venom a thousand times stronger than cyanide – and there's no antidote"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/most-venomous-spinesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T02:54:00+00:00“It causes excruciating ‘whole-body’ pain that lasts for weeks in humans.” 9 dangerous animals armed with deadly venomous spineshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/forest-cobras-musambwaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-26T00:23:00+00:00It's a tiny island, just 3 football pitches in size, filled with thousands of deadly venomous cobras and just 100 humans… This is what happens…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/water-fleaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T20:41:20+00:00"You’ll see a beautiful, delicate, glassy animal. The whole body is encased in a transparent hinged ‘clamshell’ arrangement…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/why-whales-dont-suffer-from-tbendsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T19:46:14+00:00Why don't whales and dolphins suffer from the bends like humans do?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/why-dolphins-surfBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T19:32:15+00:00Why do dolphins like to follow boats and surf the bow waves?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/scariest-looking-birds-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T19:15:27+00:00Don’t think birds can look scary? Think again – these 7 creepy birds look like they're straight out of a horror filmhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/southern-elephant-seal-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T18:55:34+00:00Despite weighing a massive 4 tonnes, this mammal can dive 2000 metres down, hold its breath for an incredible 2 hours and even control its heart ratehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/wild-hamster-cemetery-bbcBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T14:56:58+00:00This grave-robbing hamster finds its next meal in a cemetery – but it’s not what you thinkhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds-full-solar-eclipseBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T12:56:00+00:00When a solar eclipse cast darkness over Lake Erie, this happened to the birds that live therehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/whale-shark-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T11:58:36+00:00It can be as long as a cricket pitch, weighs a mighty 30 tonnes (that's three-times the weight of a T-rex) and can live for a centuryhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/armadillo-girdled-lizard-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T10:25:52+00:00It bites its own tail to transform into a brutal spiked wheel – one of nature’s strangest defenceshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/longest-tail-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T09:28:26+00:00It’s 3 metres long, shaped like a scythe and used to whip and stun prey – this is the longest tail on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/bear-marks-cave-greeceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T08:17:09+00:00Climbers descend 60m vertical shaft in Greece – and find bear scratch marks at the bottomhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/eadliest-rodents-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T07:33:40+00:00"Its deadly poison contains heart-toxins, which are potent enough to kill elephants." The 10 deadliest rodents on the planets – including a poisonous rathttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/cecil-lion-what-happened-nextBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T07:31:03+00:00Remember Cecil the lion, shot 11 years ago by a trophy hunter? This is what happened next – and it’s good newshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/colugo-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T05:45:05+00:00It has 4m-long intestines, a cloak made of skin, and can glide up to 150m through the forest airhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/guess-the-animal-common-octopusBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T01:52:00+00:00This eye belongs to a venomous predator – can you guess which one in less than 10 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/cicada-prime-dayBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T00:31:00+00:00They spend 17 years hidden beneath the forest floor – then all emerge together in one extraordinary, glorious eruptionhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/longest-snake-in-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T20:19:46+00:00At 10m long this snake is not only the world's longest and heaviest, but one of the deadliest too, capable of swallowing a human wholehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/giant-water-bug-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T18:59:56+00:00At 12cm it's the world's largest, most gruesome bug – and can suck the life out of prey many times its size, like drinking one giant protein smoothiehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/snapping-shrimp-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T18:03:26+00:00“It’s effectively ripping apart the water.” It's only an inch long but this creature creates shockwaves of over 200 decibels