https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/scariest-looking-birds-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T19:15:27+00:00Don’t think birds can look scary? Think again – these 7 creepy birds look like they're straight out of a horror filmhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/southern-elephant-seal-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T18:55:34+00:00Despite weighing a massive 4 tonnes, this mammal can dive 2000 metres down, hold its breath for an incredible 2 hours and even control its heart ratehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/wild-hamster-cemetery-bbcBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T14:56:58+00:00This grave-robbing hamster finds its next meal in a cemetery – but it’s not what you thinkhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds-full-solar-eclipseBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T12:56:00+00:00When a solar eclipse cast darkness over Lake Erie, this happened to the birds that live therehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/whale-shark-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T11:58:36+00:00It can be as long as a cricket pitch, weighs a mighty 30 tonnes (that's three-times the weight of a T-rex) and can live for a centuryhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/armadillo-girdled-lizard-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T10:25:52+00:00It bites its own tail to transform into a brutal spiked wheel – one of nature’s strangest defenceshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/longest-tail-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T09:28:26+00:00It’s 3 metres long, shaped like a scythe and used to whip and stun prey – this is the longest tail on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/bear-marks-cave-greeceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T08:17:09+00:00Climbers descend 60m vertical shaft in Greece – and find bear scratch marks at the bottomhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/eadliest-rodents-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T07:33:40+00:00"Its deadly poison contains heart-toxins, which are potent enough to kill elephants." The 10 deadliest rodents on the planets – including a poisonous rathttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/cecil-lion-what-happened-nextBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T07:31:03+00:00Remember Cecil the lion, shot 11 years ago by a trophy hunter? This is what happened next – and it’s good newshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/colugo-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T05:45:05+00:00It has 4m-long intestines, a cloak made of skin, and can glide up to 150m through the forest airhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/guess-the-animal-common-octopusBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T01:52:00+00:00This eye belongs to a venomous predator – can you guess which one in less than 10 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/cicada-prime-dayBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-25T00:31:00+00:00They spend 17 years hidden beneath the forest floor – then all emerge together in one extraordinary, glorious eruptionhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/longest-snake-in-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T20:19:46+00:00At 10m long this snake is not only the world's longest and heaviest, but one of the deadliest too, capable of swallowing a human wholehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/giant-water-bug-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T18:59:56+00:00At 12cm it's the world's largest, most gruesome bug – and can suck the life out of prey many times its size, like drinking one giant protein smoothiehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/snapping-shrimp-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T18:03:26+00:00“It’s effectively ripping apart the water.” It's only an inch long but this creature creates shockwaves of over 200 decibelshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/amboseli-baby-elephant-rescueBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T15:28:15+00:00"His small trunk and ears were free, but his rear-end was stuck fast in the dark, oozing mud. He looked exhausted and must have been struggling for hours"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/madagascar-pochard-conservationBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T14:50:25+00:00Conservationists carry the eggs of the world’s rarest duck for 44km on foot. Here’s whyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/tales-from-the-bush/echidna-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T14:33:38+00:00“I almost didn’t dare to breathe. Then, a pointy nose peered from around the trunk and it waddled even closer“https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/birds-of-paradise-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T12:59:32+00:00"The male contorts his body and feathers to form a wide oval disc featuring an iridescent ‘smiley face’"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/grey-fox-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T12:07:13+00:00It moves like a cat, climbs like a primate and spends much of its time high up in trees — meet the world's strangest doghttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/slashs-groundsnake-discoveryBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T10:11:35+00:00Night-hunting snake discovered in New Guinea. It’s almost a metre long and waits for prey at the bottom of treeshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/spider-puppet-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T09:42:25+00:00Think you’re seeing a giant, humongous spider? Think again… as all is not what it appearshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/bare-throated-tiger-heron-avian-preyBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T08:48:02+00:00Tiger heron seen dunking and eating a bird for the first time everhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/deadliest-insects-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T08:31:22+00:00"Symptoms involve fever, severe headaches, seizures, and disruption of the sleep cycle and death" 10 most dangerous, deadliest insects on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/black-rhino-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T08:13:29+00:00“The huge shadow of an irate black rhino emerged. Running would be futile. My only option was to pretend to be a tree.”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/false-widow-spiders-dangerous-childrenBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T07:59:39+00:00Are false widow spiders really a danger to children?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/bluntnose-sixgill-shark-phoenix-islandsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T05:51:19+00:00Deep-sea scientists were filming at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, when this giant cow shark appearedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deadliest-animals-english-channelBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T02:35:00+00:00"They can whip up their tail to plunge its venomous barb into your flesh..." 7 deadly creatures roaming the English Channelhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/ants-death-spiralBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-24T00:15:00+00:00"Unable to break free from their obligatory olfactory pursuit their blind faith impels them to run themselves to exhaustion and eventual death"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/amazing-birds-of-prey-photosBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-23T20:08:06+00:0012 brutal and amazing birds of prey photos that capture their deadly power, grace and majestyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/biggest-mouth-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-23T19:55:12+00:00"Its mouth is actually bigger than its body": The biggest mouths in the animal kingdom, including one that could fit a shipping container insidehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/chernobyl-exclusion-zone-wildlifeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-23T19:44:36+00:00Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: When humans fled the worst nuclear incident in history, animals moved in. This is what happened next