https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/why-animals-have-slit-shaped-pupilsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T18:56:43+00:00Why do some animals have weird slit-shaped pupils and humans big round ones?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/why-spiders-dont-get-stuck-in-their-own-websBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T16:03:35+00:00Spiders weave sticky, deadly webs to trap prey, so how do they avoid getting stuck themselves?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/most-dangerous-parts-of-oceanBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T15:16:27+00:00"It’s responsible for sinking 800 ships and killing 20,000 people…" What are the most dangerous parts of the ocean?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/name-the-animal-leafy-seadragonBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T14:08:38+00:00A swimming creature is hidden in this video – can you name it in less than 7 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/vjetrenica-cave-bosnia-and-herzegovinaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T13:46:38+00:00This deep, dark cave may secretly stretch 20km to the sea – and the 'human fish' hides in its shadowshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/on-the-bbc/shoebill-chicks-videoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T12:57:10+00:00"While she goes off to fetch water, it reveals a dark side to the relationship with its nest mate"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/water-volesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T12:35:30+00:00"It will eat approximately 80% of its body weight every day"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/most-numerous-mammal-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T12:19:17+00:00Which is the world’s most numerous mammal – apart from humans?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/whale-vs-dolphin-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T11:14:26+00:00Whales vs dolphins: They might look similar, but how alike are these incredible marine mammals really? Here’s what sets them apart…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/field-horsetail-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T10:15:00+00:00The 300-million-year-old prehistoric plant that can ‘walk’ and jump – and you may have it growing in your gardenhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/africa-earths-wild-homeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T09:06:46+00:00“The wildest continent on our planet.” New Nat Geo TV series showcases never-seen-before species and behaviours   https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/snow-fleaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T08:50:15+00:00"They have the ability to supercool. They lower the freezing point of fluids in their cells, so that ice crystals don’t form"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-any-animals-mate-with-two-partners-at-onceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T08:33:13+00:00Do any animals mate with two partners at once?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/milne-ice-shelf-epishelf-lakeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T04:51:00+00:00This lake in Canada just vanished. And it's not coming back.https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/prettiest-spiders-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T02:00:00+00:00Can spiders really be beautiful? Definitely! Meet the world's prettiest, most stunning spiders, from bright blue tarantulas to vivid peacock spidershttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/freshwater-pearl-mussel-lifecycleBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-15T00:00:00+00:00"It does not become sexually mature until about 15 years old and can live to be 120 years old or more"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/ragworm-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T19:42:35+00:00"Its head, thrashing left and right, sports 4 black eyes and 6 furtive, fleshy feelers that suggest the whiskers of a Chinese dragon puppethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/beluga-whale-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T19:10:01+00:00It looks pearly-white, is the length of a shipping container – and remarkably can swim backwards…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/apes-vs-humans-differencesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T16:33:45+00:00What's the difference between humans and apes? And when did humans first appear?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/how-cats-were-domesticatedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T16:29:49+00:00"Domestication proper came much later, in Egypt about 4,000 years ago." How we domesticated the cathttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/serval-cat-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T16:18:38+00:00It has the legs of a supermodel, can run at 40mph and leap 3m high – yet is just 50cm tall. Meet one of the world's weirdest, yet most beautiful, catshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-us-statesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T16:01:41+00:00“Do not crouch down or bend over because you may look a lot like a four-legged prey animal.”  10 most dangerous, deadliest states in USAhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/dinosaur-poop-featherBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T14:09:22+00:00A tiny object preserved in dinosaur poop may unlock one of palaeontology’s biggest mysterieshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/hawaii-volcanoesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T12:04:29+00:00It was born from volcanoes, is millions of years old – and it’s still growing todayhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/longest-fangsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T11:27:25+00:00“They’re powerful enough to break human skin – and contain venom.” 7 longest (and deadliest) fangs on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/asian-vsafrican-elephantsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T10:35:16+00:00"They're more closely related to woolly mammoths than they are to African elephants…" Just how different are African, forest and Asian elephants? https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/why-seahorses-look-like-horsesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T09:38:12+00:00Why do seahorses look like miniature horses?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/promiscuity-female-dunnocksBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T09:32:36+00:00"Females frequently take not one, but two ‘husbands’ and have been documented copulating over 250 times with both in order to start a family"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/chimpanzees-that-eat-bush-babiesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T09:03:47+00:00“It’s an effective ambush. If not impaled, the wounded animal tries to flee but is promptly grabbed by its assailant and swiftly chomped, head first.”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/female-zebra-saves-foal-from-infanticidal-stallionBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T08:28:37+00:00"She repeatedly kicked his head to prevent an attack." Kick-ass female zebra saves foal from infanticidal malehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/blacktip-reef-shark-beach-indonesiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-14T05:56:00+00:00“This moment was wild.” Astonishing footage shows sharks exploding out of water so fast they land on beach