https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/north-african-ostrich-return-nigerBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T16:30:00+00:00"Priceless joy.” North African ostriches return to wild in Niger after 20-year absencehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/deadliest-sinkholesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T16:02:00+00:00These are the deadliest sinkholes on Earthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/blue-lined-octopus-sexBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T15:45:52+00:00“Males bite the female’s aorta to deliver TTX. This sudden paralysis renders her immobile, enabling the male to mate successfully without being eaten.”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/raccoons-making-ballsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T14:22:28+00:00"Awww! Look how cute! They made a little ball!" Scientists view rare example of wild animals making objects simply for a fun kickabouthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/spider-tailed-horn-viper-bone-structureBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T14:00:00+00:00This snake's "outrageous" tail looks exactly like a spider. Scientists just looked inside it and found something oddhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/tsushima-leopard-cat-short-tailBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T12:42:37+00:00Rare leopard cat photographed on remote Japanese island. Its "unusual" tail sparked a search for answers https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/why-australia-has-deadly-animalsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T09:36:22+00:00It contains some of the world’s deadliest animals, from snakes to crocodiles – so why does Australia have so much dangerous wildlife?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/fat-bear-week-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T06:49:09+00:00Fat Bear Week 2026: dates, voting – and why everyone is so obsessed with ithttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/on-the-bbc/praying-mantis-ants-videoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T05:40:00+00:00Its fate is “sealed by a clinical decapitation” – watch this praying mantis meet a cruel end https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-in-andesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T02:45:00+00:00"He was seen convulsing at the surface – before sinking out of sight…" 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Andes, including one that causes 10,000 deaths a yearhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/mantis-shrimp-burrowsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-10T00:15:00+00:00It has superpowers, the fastest punch in the animal kingdom and and is very reluctant to leave its fortress burrow beneath the ocean floorhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/ocean-photographer-of-the-year-2026BBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T18:30:00+00:00Crocodile in submerged forest among 12 astonishing images from Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/green-anacondaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T17:05:27+00:00"On the first occasion, it only failed to drag the female researcher into the water because her trousers tore at the knee"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fungi/pilobolus-crystallinus-dung-cannon-fungiBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T16:48:26+00:00It lives in poop, detonates at 90kph and dubbed the 'dung cannon'https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/can-any-animals-kill-a-blue-whaleBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T16:38:52+00:00Can any animal kill a blue whale? At 33 metres long and heavier than a Boeing 737, it is the largest creature ever to have lived but is it vulnerable?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/the-oldest-dnaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T16:27:58+00:00What is the oldest known DNA, and is Jurassic Park still theoretically possible?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/how-do-insects-breathBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T15:52:52+00:00Insects lack the vital organ needed to breathe so how on earth do they survive?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/deadliest-rat-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T14:39:32+00:00Meet the deadliest rat on the planet – it contains enough poison to kill an elephanthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/bullet-ant-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T14:29:22+00:00"Its venom feels like it’s been inflicted by a gun shot." It might look harmless but don't be fooled as it delivers the world's most painful sting, leaving you in agony for 24 hours or morehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animals-nesting-your-bedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T13:15:02+00:00"They hide in the nooks and crannies of our beds, then come out at night to slurp up our blood like a smoothie…" 8 animals that could be in your bedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/gulper-eel-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T12:33:24+00:00This deep-sea animal was discovered in 1882. Still to this day it's almost never seen alivehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-tailsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T11:22:00+00:00They can shatter bones and sever spines – these are the deadliest tails on Earthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/operation-cat-drop-borneoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T09:30:11+00:00Why the RAF parachuted cats into Borneo’s mountains – the bizarre true storyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/fur-seal-rescue-tongaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T08:15:09+00:00“I cried with happiness.” Wildlife rescuers release young fur seal back into the wild in Tongahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/lion-hyena-rivalry-africaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T04:00:00+00:00“I repeatedly observed lions tracking hyenas.” GPS collars reveal secrets of fierce carnivore rivalry