https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/5-mass-extinctionsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T15:40:44+00:00Mega volcanoes, asteroid impacts and 'the great dying' – 5 deadly mass extinctions that changed life on Earth foreverhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/polar-bear-photographsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T15:16:52+00:00You’ve never seen polar bears like this before: 14 captivating photos that reveal the deadly apex predator's softer sidehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reckless-wildlife-touristBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T14:52:41+00:00"People risk being attacked, mauled and possibly killed…" The rise and rise of the reckless wildlife touristhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/goldcrest-or-firecrest-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T14:37:17+00:00Goldcrest or firecrest? What's the difference between these two diminutive, cute birds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/stellers-sea-eagle-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T14:02:12+00:00With deadly talons the size of a human hand and a prehistoric-looking beak, this is one of nature's most terrifying giants, able to reach speeds of 100mphhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/guess-the-animal-butterflyBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T13:30:50+00:00Can you guess which animal this is in less than 12 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/snails-and-slugs-teethBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T10:47:33+00:00"Their teeth are barbed and hollow, and primed with a toxic cocktail strong enough to kill a human. Worst of all they spit out their teeth like poison darts"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/oceanic-whitetip-shark-breach-maldivesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T10:20:31+00:00Divers saw a shark approaching – and were stunned when it did thishttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/neofelis-diardi-borneoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T10:01:15+00:00Scientists tracked these elusive ‘ghost of the forest’ wild cats for over 15 years – here is what they found outhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/why-captive-orcas-have-drooping-dorsal-finsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T07:33:04+00:00Why do captive killer whales have drooping dorsal fins?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/brazilian-porcupine-climbing-treeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T06:39:48+00:00It has a squidgy nose, sharp quills and a prehensile tail – and this adorable footage shows one shimmying up a treehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/sinking-islandsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T06:34:00+00:0010 sinking islands that could be lost forever…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/lions-mane-jellyfish-video-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T06:11:06+00:00“It was pure chaos!” This diver stumbled across a huge lion's mane jellyfish in Australiahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-antarctic-oceanBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-04T03:45:00+00:00"While snorkelling a scientist was dragged underwater and drowned by one of these huge predators…" 8 deadliest animals in the Antarctic Oceanhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/sea-slug-solar-poweredBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T15:00:00+00:00This solar-powered sea slug slurps its lunch like a smoothie then does a headstand. The footage is beyond beliefhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/ice-worm-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T14:00:04+00:00"It requires chilly temperatures of 0 ̊C to survive. If exposed to the balmy warmth of 4.4 ̊C, their membranes dissolve and they will melt into goo"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/epaulette-shark-coral-reef-nursery-groundsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T12:53:08+00:00These people went out on the reef at night – and found walking sharks in the shallowshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/ice-briniclesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T11:53:49+00:00"As it touches the seafloor, it kills whatever living thing it contacts by encasing it in a tomb of ice…" Discover the finger of deathhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/gay-animalsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T11:52:52+00:00Can animals really be gay?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/argyrodes-nephila-spider-trials-of-life-bbcBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T10:40:09+00:00"With what seems like suicidal recklessness, she approaches..." Watch this huge spider get its meal stolenhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/tales-from-the-bush/coati-panama-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T09:12:04+00:00“We both heard a faint knock. We looked at each other, opened the door and glanced down.”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/bluntnose-sixgill-shark-marshall-islandsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T09:10:44+00:00Enormous apex predator filmed 430m deep in Pacific Oceanhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/can-dinosaurs-mummifiedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T09:00:36+00:00Can a dinosaur really be mummified? How Earth can soft tissues survive for millions of years?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/pyjama-shark-sixgill-hagfish-south-africaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:47:57+00:00Researchers hid a camera off the coast of South Africa, then a "creepy creature" appeared and attacked this sharkhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deep-sea-eel-tuna-carcassBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:25:40+00:00Tuna carcass placed at bottom of ocean. All was quiet, before this happenedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/jaguar-hidden-decline-brazilBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:24:37+00:00Jaguar experts camera-trapped the Amazon – and discovered a dark secrethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/lions-mane-jellyfish-chileBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:23:26+00:00Gigantic jellyfish caught on camera in Patagonia. This ocean titan can grow longer than a tennis courthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/galaxy-siphonophore-californiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:22:29+00:00If you've never seen a deep-sea 'galaxy', you NEED to watch thishttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/nautilus-rotumaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:21:18+00:00Submersible stumbles upon prehistoric animal 365m deep in Pacific darknesshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/humpback-whale-birth-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:20:40+00:00Drone pilot spots humpback whale acting strangely. What happens next is breathtakinghttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/giraffe-translocation-angolaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:19:57+00:00"The truck got stuck at 2am." Why 12 giraffes were just captured in Namibia and driven to Angolahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/southern-elephant-seal-fightBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-03T05:19:10+00:00See two huge bull elephant seals engage in a bruising fight for dominance https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-middle-eastBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-02T17:53:47+00:00"If stung, one can suffer heart and respiratory failure, lethargy, confusion, agitation… And there's no effective medication." 9 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Middle East