https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/derek-nielsenBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T19:22:39+00:00"When they started biting it was incredibly painful. In a panic, I ripped off my trousers and was standing in my underwear, screaming…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/arabian-leopard-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T18:42:42+00:00It is one of the world's most beautiful, yet rarest big cats that's on the edge of extinction…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/delacours-langur-northern-vietnamBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T14:15:05+00:00Family of super-rare black-and-white monkeys spotted in remote mountains of Vietnamhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/crocodilian-brain-evolutionBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T13:31:29+00:00Scientists looked inside the heads of crocodiles – and made an astounding discoveryhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/treefrog-mating-choice-overloadBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T13:28:41+00:00Scientists recreated the effects of dating apps on frogs. Here’s what happened nexthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/optymistychna-cave-ukraineBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T11:25:14+00:00It spans hundreds of kilometres underground, was completely unexplored until the 1960s and is home to a deadly fungal diseasehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/southern-darwins-frog-parentingBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T10:49:21+00:00These baby animals are swallowed by their fathers and ‘vomited’ out when they’re fully formedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/which-animal-most-sexBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T08:36:27+00:00"It was observed mating 224 times in two hours…" Which animals have the most sex?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/deadliest-bee-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T08:15:11+00:00"The epithet ‘killer’ became a tabloid trope, and panic ensued…" Does the world's most dangerous, deadliest bee deserve its killer reputation?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/bluefin-tuna-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T07:58:50+00:00It weighs the same as 2 grizzly bears and can be aged like a tree – meet the ocean giant that hurtles through the ocean at 44 miles per hourhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/find-the-animal-leopardBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T06:18:15+00:00A ferocious predator is hiding in this image – can you spot it in less than 11 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/nurse-shark-camera-great-whiteBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T06:04:54+00:00"What is that?" Researchers put a camera on a nurse shark in Florida. They didn't expect it to film thishttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/brutal-snakes-photosBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T04:58:00+00:0015 brutal, savage snake photos showing just how lethal their killing methods can be when these deadly predators strike…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/river-monstersBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T02:26:00+00:00"It's bigger than a full-size snooker table and has a 40cm-long stinging spine."10 most fearsome, deadly river monsters, including a grisly giant leechhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/can-you-outrun-tigersBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-13T00:52:00+00:00"They’re built for strength and explosive bursts of speed…" Just how fast are tigers – and can a person ever run faster than a tiger? https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/muntjac-deer-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T18:53:37+00:00It'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 in the worldhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/basking-shark-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T18:48:12+00:00It's the size of a double-decker bus and weighs a mighty 7 tonnes. Meet the ocean giant that cruises - through the oceanshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/beautiful-killers-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T14:26:18+00:00"Its compelling exteriors hide a vicious secret. Its venom's so powerful it can kill a human in 5 minutes." World's 10 most beautiful lethal killershttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/largest-scorpion-everBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T12:52:38+00:00"Imagine a carnivorous scorpion the size of a cat with a large, deadly venomous tail…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/dolphin-shellingBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T12:51:26+00:00"I started screaming." Scientists were filming dolphins in Australia, when this happenedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/why-do-cats-play-with-preyBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T11:53:01+00:00They catch it, play with it… then kill it without eating it… So why do cats do this?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/trees/howtrees-make-it-rainBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T11:24:21+00:00How do trees make it rain?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/wildebeest-migration-videosBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T10:23:26+00:00Watch jaw-dropping videos of a million wildebeest migrating across Africa – and crossing the infamous Mara River where hungry, deadly crocodiles awaithttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/tiger-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T10:10:15+00:00It's as heavy as a grand piano, has enormous paws the size of frying pans and deadly claws as long and sharp as surgical scalpels…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/balanophora-fungosa-land-hermit-crabsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T10:03:50+00:00Scientists set up a camera trap on this parasitic plant. Then something astonishing turned uphttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/phoenix-species-projectBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T09:23:55+00:00The $200 million project aiming to bring 100 of the world’s rarest species back from the brinkhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/strongest-bird-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T08:56:04+00:00Which bird can lift the heaviest load? Meet the feathered weightlifters that punch far above their weighthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/lobster-or-crabBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T08:43:03+00:00Crab vs lobster – They look similar… but what actually makes a crab a crab – and a lobster a lobster?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/bison-ancient-dnaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T08:24:12+00:00Researchers took DNA from 115 ancient bison. What they found will help the bison of todayhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-animals-lieBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T08:20:49+00:00Animals can deceive, trick and manipulate… but can they actually lie?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deadliest-beach-animalsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T07:39:13+00:00"It looks like an alien and can cause cardiac arrest within minutes…" 14 deadly, highly dangerous beach animals you could encounter on the sandhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/leopard-shark-kelpBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T06:15:45+00:00Photographer has astonishing leopard shark encounter in enchanted kelp foresthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/paul-nicklen-reverenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-12T04:10:00+00:00Gazing grizzly bear among 9 extraordinary images by wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen