https://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.“https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/spitting-spider-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T15:18:05+00:00"The attack is fast and deadly accurate: the goo fires from the tips of their fangs at a speed of around 30m per second…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/wasp-spiderBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T13:37:57+00:00This wasp lookalike is almost the size of a credit card – and it drops onto its victims from abovehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/guess-the-animal-gharialBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T12:50:37+00:00This tooth-filled mouth belongs to a lethal predator – can you guess which one in less than 15 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/gangaichthys-indonepalicus-indiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T11:26:33+00:00Researchers looked inside an Indian well – and found a colourless creature hidden in the darknesshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/surinam-toad-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T10:22:37+00:00"Once they near emergence, the female's thin skin bulges and pulsates with the struggles of the impatient offspring within…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/tales-from-the-bush/woolly-monkeys-columbia-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T09:45:00+00:00“In the blink of an eye, 6 of them hurtled towards me. Out of nowhere 1 landed on a branch just 5m away. I tried to back away, but I was easy prey…” https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/penguin-bones-seymour-islandBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T09:28:07+00:00Scientists X-rayed ancient penguin bones from remote Antarctic island. Here’s whyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/giant-tortoises-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T08:21:37+00:00"Some weigh up to a massive 300kg and can grow to be 1.3m long…" Where do giant tortoises live and why on Earth are they so big?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deadliest-animals-indian-oceanBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T07:29:13+00:00"A sting from one of these deadly creatures can kill a human in a matter of hours…" 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Indian Oceanhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/do-cheetahs-kill-peopleBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T07:27:48+00:00Do cheetahs kill and eat people?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/el-ojo-argentinaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T06:25:17+00:00There's a strange spinning island in Argentina that's a perfect circle – and scientists know whyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/wolffsohns-viscacha-patagoniaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00“You’re looking at one of the wildest landscapes on Earth and watching a species that almost nobody has ever studied.“https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/cheetah-leopard-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T17:23:49+00:00Cheetah vs leopard: what's the difference between these two stunning, beautifully spotted cats?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/everglades-national-parkBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T15:04:01+00:00It spans over 1 million acres, contains rare creatures and is the only place on Earth where two watery, deadly apex predators clashhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/polar-bear-seabird-eggsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T14:18:44+00:00Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did ithttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/biggest-bird-nest-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T12:59:13+00:00It weighed more than 2 tonnes and holds the record for the largest bird nest on the planet…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/bears-in-water-photographsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T11:06:31+00:0014 incredible photos of bears enjoying the water –whether it's swimming, fishing or just cooling off – in some of the world's wildest places…  https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/is-spider-silk-strongBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T10:53:47+00:00Is spider silk - pound for pound - really as strong as steel?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/why-do-only-big-cats-roarBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T10:46:04+00:00Why can only big cats roar and not purr?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/red-winged-blackbird-snakesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T10:08:03+00:00These birds have never seen rattlesnakes before. Here's what happened when the two of them methttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/loudest-bird-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T09:04:59+00:00"It sounds like the two-tone horn of a fast train approaching a station. Unfathomably, females find the noise attractive…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/should-we-feed-bread-to-ducksBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T08:46:00+00:00Should we feed bread to ducks?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/bomb-fishing-coral-reefs-spermonde-archipelagoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T08:41:18+00:00This coral reef gets bombed every 62 minutes. And it’s changing the way the ocean soundshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/pearl-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T08:32:16+00:00"It causes a pearl’s surface to reflect light while giving it a translucent lustre. This pearlescent quality is the pearl's most beautiful feature…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/european-native-oystersBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T08:21:13+00:00"A female that's around 8cm can produce 1 million larvae, while larger individuals can produce as many as 2 million larvae in a single event"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/mud-scudBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T08:09:19+00:00"Their most obvious function is for digging, used like bulldozer buckets to shift and shovel the mud into shape and create their home…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/biggest-dolphinsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T07:09:53+00:00"That’s the length of a double-decker bus!" 30ft titan tops biggest dolphins in the world listhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/nurse-shark-camera-great-whiteBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:47:16+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/animal-facts/find-the-animal-leopardBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:45:47+00:00A ferocious predator is hiding in this image – can you spot it in less than 11 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/crocodilian-brain-evolutionBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:44:33+00:00Scientists looked inside the heads of crocodiles – and made an astounding discoveryhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/delacours-langur-northern-vietnamBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:43:38+00:00Family of super-rare black-and-white monkeys spotted in remote mountains of Vietnamhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/king-penguin-falkland-islands-atlanticBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:42:36+00:00When an expedition team went to the Falkland Islands, a group of curious animals surrounded themhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/laurinque-elenya-costa-ricaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:41:36+00:00‘Golden trees’ over 1m tall discovered deep in Pacific Oceanhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/sea-muppetBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:40:40+00:00Sea muppets look just like seahorses – but they are not really seahorses at all...https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/small-spotted-catshark-twinsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T06:17:32+00:00“I had to do a double take." Marine biologists peered into a shark egg and were astounded by what they sawhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/bed-bug-matingBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-17T00:03:00+00:00“The male has a terrifying needle-like reproductive organ that leaves the female with a gaping wound in her abdomen…” https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/king-cobraBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T20:33:10+00:00It is as long as shipping container, contains enough neurotoxins to kill 20 humans and can swallow prey wholehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/komodo-dragons-live-alongside-humamsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T20:31:53+00:00The humongous, deadly and highly venomous Komodo dragon can kill a human, yet Indonesian villagers let them roam on school playing fieldshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/birds-of-prey-meaningBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T18:55:37+00:00Eagles have it, herons don’t – What really makes a bird a ‘bird of prey’?