https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/tonhue-esting-parasiteBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T20:25:41+00:00"The uninvited guest sinks its syringe-like mouthparts into the meaty organ and begins draining it of blood." Discover the gruesome tongue-eating parasitehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/biggest-parasite-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T19:28:36+00:00"What's the biggest parasite on the planet? It's not as gruesome as you may think…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/whales-drink-waterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T19:18:41+00:00Whales need fresh water to survive. Here’s how they get it in the salty oceanhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/dangerous-animal-in-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T19:14:13+00:00What's the most dangerous, deadliest animal in Australia?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/sharks-have-human-sensesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T19:11:34+00:00Sharks have a deadly secret sixth – and possibly – seventh sense to locate prey — and it’s more terrifying than you thinkhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/whales-whisper-reasonBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T15:41:51+00:00Humpback whales are some of the ocean’s loudest creatures – so why do they sometimes ‘whisper’?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/sea-spider-new-species-pacific-northwestBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T15:26:06+00:00Hairy-legged, red-eyed sea spider discovered in the Salish Seahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/humpback-whale-grieving-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T14:39:48+00:00Heartbreaking footage shows humpback whale mother grieving her calf off the coast of Australiahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/arctic-foxBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T13:32:13+00:00It looks like a pet husky – but this wild predator is built to survive the coldest conditions on Earth and dives headfirst into the snow to hunthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/bone-eating-zombie-wormsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T11:28:58+00:00When scientists sent a robot into the deep ocean over 20 years ago, they found something never seen before – a gruesome discovery that led to a bizarre revelationhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/stick-insect-new-species-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T09:34:19+00:00Australian ‘insect detectives’ discover stick insect as long as a toothbrush in Queensland rainforesthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/whaling-moratorium-recoveryBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T09:14:40+00:00Whales were once hunted to the brink of extinction – what happened when the world called a halt to commercial whaling?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/baby-horseshoe-crabsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T04:39:00+00:00"Like bulldozers in a demolition derby.” These chaotic baby horseshoe crabs giving each other piggybacks are too cute for wordshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/indotyphlops-gyirongensis-chinaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T03:03:00+00:00Blind snake that looks like a massive earthworm discovered on roadside in Chinahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/ocean-record-breakersBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-24T00:01:00+00:00Deadly predators, colossal giants and animals visible from space: 20 ocean record breakers that will boggle your mindhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/mara-raptor-projectBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T19:30:11+00:00“I watch as a hissing, jostling scrum tear into the remains of a zebra foal”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/fastest-insect-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T18:56:16+00:00"If it were human-sized, its speed would equate to 800kmph – faster than a speeding bullet"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/sea-snakesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T17:52:22+00:00"They have some of the deadliest venom in the world, which can cause paralysis, including of the diaphragm, potentially leading to respiratory failure."https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/fish-sleepBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T17:38:35+00:00Do fish actually sleep?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/bar-tailed-godwit-migration-dietBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T17:37:48+00:00"To survive it consumes a large portion of its internal organs, including its kidneys, liver, gizzard and intestine"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/white-shark-franciscana-dolphinBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T14:07:05+00:00Great white shark attacks 'ghost dolphin' in Brazil. A predation event like this has never been recorded here beforehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animals-eating-their-own-bodiesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T13:58:53+00:00"It gnaws off its bony remains and eats them." 10 animals that eat their own body partshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/east-antarctica-ice-gainBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T12:44:44+00:00East Antarctica recently gained almost 700 billion tonnes of ice – and scientists know whyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/argiope-bruennichi-chesterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T12:38:26+00:00Wasp spider found in North West England for the first timehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/what-are-tentaclesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T12:35:18+00:00What on Earth are tentacles, how do they work – and why do animals have them?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/great-white-shark-teethBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T11:10:47+00:00"An endless supply of lethal razor-sharp teeth…" The astonishing weaponry of one of the world's deadliest, most feared predatorshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/thick-billed-parrot-mexicoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T09:50:02+00:0032 years ago, researchers made it their mission to protect one of the world’s rarest parrots. Now, the dazzling bird is having one of its strongest nesting seasons on recordhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/crescent-island-kenyaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T03:55:00+00:00Wild animals stranded on island in Kenya. Scientists visited 5 years later – and found something worryinghttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/culvette-centrale-congo-basinBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T03:27:00+00:00It’s larger than New York State and contains more than 30 billion tonnes of carbon – equivalent to 3 years of global fossil fuel emissionshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/capybara-tooth-fossil-atacama-chileBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T02:14:00+00:00“Just freakish!” Experts uncover something extraordinary in one of the driest places on Earthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/atlantic-puffin-colony-vestmannaeyjar-icelandBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-23T00:15:00+00:00It’s home to the largest colony of its kind – and locals sometimes throw its residents off cliffs