https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/weirdest-weaponsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T13:30:10+00:00“It produces a boiling-hot, caustic chemical that sprays with an audible pop.” The 10 weirdest animal weapons in the worldhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/loneliest-animalsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T10:48:10+00:00Are these the saddest animals on the planet? Meet the 10 loneliest animals on Earthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/weirdest-bottomsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T01:01:00+00:00From anal ventilators to boiling, toxic fart machines: 10 weirdest and deadliest bottoms on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animal-weaponsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-30T14:49:36+00:00“Effects range from internal bleeding to manipulating behaviour or liquifying a host.” These are the deadliest weapons in the animal kingdomhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/shanay-timpishka-boiling-riverBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-29T17:21:55+00:00“The first thing to go are the eyes. Eyes, apparently, cook very quickly. Flesh follows soon after, and as the animal becomes overwhelmed, water enters its mouth."https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/mammals/tasmania-maria-island-wild-wombatsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T13:26:46+00:00A zookeeper went to a former penal colony in Australia only to find it overrun with adorable wombatshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/giant-pacific-octopus-diver-videoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T10:06:19+00:00Breathtaking footage shows diver's close encounter with the world's biggest octopushttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/mammals/buffaloes-in-botswana-mababe-depressionBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T09:42:48+00:00“Staring menacingly, the buffaloes encircled our vehicle.” My close encounter with a mega-stampedehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/birds/great-crested-grebe-hunting-chiffchaffBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-31T07:58:41+00:00Great crested grebe seen drowning and eating chiffchaffs in Spainhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/great-crested-newt-springBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-30T12:55:39+00:00A fiery belly, jagged crest and long, broad tail – this may be the closest thing to a real-life dragonhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/mammals/australia-weird-animalsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-30T11:18:12+00:00“Here, ‘weirdness’ abounds. One creature seemingly has the beak of a duck, the body of an otter and the tail of a beaver.”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/mammals/wild-guinea-pigsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-30T09:24:28+00:00It’s not a pig and it’s not from Guinea – and it’s bolder, riskier and more sociable than your childhood pethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/rarest-whales-and-dolphinsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-30T01:39:00+00:00"It doesn’t have much to smile about with fewer than ten remaining." 10 of the world’s rarest whales and dolphins teetering on the brink of extinctionhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/birds/monk-parakeet-nestBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-03-29T18:44:31+00:00It's as big as a Ford Fiesta, as heavy as a polar bear and can contain more than 200 ‘apartments'