https://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/bmc-ecology-photography-competition-winnersBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T15:00:00+00:00Striking image of an orange-tailed damselfly peering through leaf wins photography competitionhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/black-vulture-incubates-snail-shellBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T13:06:13+00:00Black vulture seen incubating snail shell in Brazil. It's the first time this behaviour has ever been documentedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/drake-passageBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T12:37:06+00:00It’s 600 miles wide, takes two days to cross and has claimed the lives of sailorshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/caracal-rat-poison-cape-townBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T09:31:46+00:00Experts looked inside Cape Town's largest predator. What they found has them worriedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/beadlet-anemones-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T08:42:03+00:00"It is highly territorial and if one of their 192 tentacles come into contact with neighbouring individuals they become extremely hostile…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/deadliest-snake-usaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T08:24:05+00:00What’s the most dangerous, deadliest snake in the USA? There are quite a few contenders…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/airplane-graveyard-kwajalein-atollBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T06:57:02+00:00Scuba divers went to an airplane graveyard in the Pacific and found souls hidden among the wreckshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/baleen-whale-rise-east-greenlandBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T04:00:00+00:00Spectacular whale 'feeding frenzies' are suddenly being seen along the coast of East Greenland – and scientists know whyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fungi/deadliest-sporesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T01:56:00+00:00"If inhaled it can cause high fever, extreme shortness of breath and pneumonia – up to 80% die without treatment." 8 deadliest spores on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/the-philippine-eagleBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00It has piercing blue-grey eyes, a 2m wingspan, a spectacular shaggy crest – and is powerful enough to take monkeys in its deadly talonshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/dangerous-weedsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T18:51:37+00:00"Letting it grow unchecked could result in a £2,500 fine £2,500." 10 dangerous, criminal weeds that could land you in legal trouble and paying a hefty finehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/free-willy-orca-keiko-famousBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T16:16:12+00:00Free Willy: When Hollywood’s most famous killer whale was rescued from captivity he vanished into the ocean – But what happened next?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/desert-rain-frog-eden-bbcBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T15:50:25+00:00It can force down up to 100 termites in one sitting – but must dodge deadly predators firsthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/deadvlei-namibiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T15:47:53+00:00It’s hidden between dunes as high as the Chrysler Building, is filled with dead trees – and sits in the oldest desert in the world https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/ribbon-eel-swimming-in-seaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T15:14:15+00:00Underwater photographer filmed rarely seen creature slithering along the ocean floor in Mauritiushttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/sarawak-chamber-borneoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T15:13:33+00:00It could easily fit 8 jumbo jets inside – and you’d need to swim through a 1.5km underwater river to reach it https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/prairie-rattlesnake-shedding-aggregationBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T15:04:10+00:00“We would find piles of rattlesnakes.” Scientists witness undocumented snake behaviour in Wyoming's mountainshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/crab-on-jellyfishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T15:01:32+00:00Scuba diver filmed dazzling jellyfish in Thailand. What she spotted attached to it amazed her morehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/spitting-cobra-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T13:49:43+00:00This highly venomous sniper can shoot lethal toxins into your eyes with deadly accuracy, leaving you in searing pain and at risk of blindnesshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/natural-history-museum-london-nature-and-us-galleryBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T13:48:09+00:00London’s Natural History Museum is reopening a “hidden” gallery closed off since World War IIhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/humpback-whale-incredible-rescueBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T12:35:31+00:00"We saw a severely exhausted whale entangled in rope and chain. It was heartbreaking…" Watch heart wrenching video of an incredibly tense rescuehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/fastest-whale-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T12:27:58+00:00What's the world's fastest whale? Clue - it can swim at a staggering 37kph, despite weighing a hefty 70 tonneshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/dinosaur-teeth-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T12:22:35+00:00Just how ferocious were dinosaur teeth? "Some had a combination; pointed for piercing and cutting; rounded for pounding and crushing…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/australian-horror-mothBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T12:19:02+00:00"What dangles from its rear end needs some explaining, though…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/marine-snowstorm-blizzardBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T12:18:30+00:00It’s snowing underwater? How in the great depths of the ocean there's a constant blizzard of 'snow'https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/frogfish-eats-coral-grouperBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T11:34:17+00:00When a diver swam up to a frogfish, they were amazed by what they saw lodged in its mouthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/orca-moonwalking-canadaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T11:04:28+00:00'Moonwalking' orca stunned onlookers in Canada. Experts know what it was doinghttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/how-many-species-of-dinosaursBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T10:58:24+00:00How many species of dinosaurs were there on the planet?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/blue-racer-snakesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T10:37:16+00:00It's 2m long, blue and incredibly beautiful – the mysterious snake from North America that rattles its tail like a rattlesnakehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/baby-whale-breach-western-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T10:34:11+00:00"Blows my mind”: when this drone pilot saw a baby humpback whale off the coast of Australia, he wasn’t expecting it to do thishttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/worlds-fastest-snakeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T10:08:59+00:00What's the world's fastest snake? At a speedy 15kmh it could move quicker than youhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/porcupinefish-photobombBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T09:59:53+00:00This photobomb is the most adorable thing you’ll see all dayhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/dolphin-play-catch-pufferfishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T09:08:43+00:00Watch thrilling BBC footage of dolphins playing a lethal game of catch with a deadly pufferfish - and getting high in the processhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/brain-eating-amoebaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T07:25:06+00:00The lethal ‘brain-eating’ organism that lurks in warm water around the worldhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/sea-lions-kelp-patagoniaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T05:55:04+00:00“The sea lions were curious but also cautious, letting the team know whose waters they were diving in”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/deadliest-national-parks-in-the-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-19T02:40:00+00:00"They rely on sharp, curved teeth and long claws to slash and tear at their prey with astonishing force..." 10 deadliest national parks in the worldhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/female-lyrebird-songBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T19:33:50+00:00"Much like Victorian ladies, females had no reason to compete. Hushed by Darwin’s theory, their role was simply to listen to the jazzy showmanship of the males"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deadliest-sea-creatures-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T19:06:57+00:00"Its venom contains toxins that strike the heart, nervous system and even skin cells…" World's 11 most dangerous, deadliest ocean creatures to humanshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/prehistoric-sea-turtleBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T18:36:14+00:00It was the size of a car, weighed the same as a rhino, had a deadly hooked beak for tearing flesh and lived alongside the dinosaurs…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/stag-in-kitchenBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T18:26:44+00:00"Tilting his head to make space for his huge antlers, which were wider than the doorway, he came right on into the kitchen…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/flying-squidBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T16:40:42+00:00“It uses jet propulsion, sucking in water and forcing it out through a siphon – this packs real power and enables them to launch into the air at more than 40kph.“