https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/psychotropic-plantsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-29T13:38:00+00:00"Large doses result in vivid, intense hallucinations, which can last for over a day." 10 powerful, mind-altering, psychedelic plants –with some surpriseshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/blue-lagoonBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-29T09:47:07+00:00Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon looks like a natural hot spring – but the truth is much strangerhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/japanese-knotweedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-29T07:07:00+00:00“Discover this notorious invader lurking in a garden and thoughts can quickly turn to damaged foundations, unsellable homes and eye-watering bills"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/barbaric-chemical-shooting-beetlesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-29T03:32:00+00:00Scientists fed toads barbaric chemical-shooting beetles. What happened next shocked themhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/find-the-animal-leopard-indiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-29T00:14:00+00:00Can you spot the wild cat hidden in this photograph in less than 10 seconds?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fungi/fairy-ring-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T14:13:28+00:00"People once believed that fairy rings were dance floors for night- time fairies…" Just what is a fairy ring? And how do they form?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/el-nino-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T14:09:07+00:00It starts in the Pacific but can affect the entire planet… The strange climate phenomenon that can wreak havoc with wildlife and weatherhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/porcupine-predatorsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T14:04:49+00:00It’s covered in terrifying quills so, what could possibly eat a porcupine?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/100-million-year-old-spermBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T13:50:14+00:00"100 million years ago creatures living in a coastal lagoon, fringed by trees, had just had a sexual encounter when they would be entombed forever"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/big-cats-in-british-countrysideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T13:31:46+00:00Black leopards are secretly thriving in the British countryside – here’s the whole incredible storyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/ring-tailed-lemurs-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T13:23:02+00:00It’s the size of a pet cat, looks like a bandit and uses its enormous tail to flirthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/smooth-snake-venomousBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T12:15:43+00:00We thought Britain only had one venomous snake. These scientists think they've found anotherhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/gyrfalconBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T12:05:31+00:00Its wingspan is wider than a double bed, it weighs as much as a 2-litre bottle of water and it lives in some of the harshest climates on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/biggest-national-park-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T11:04:41+00:00It's as big as Egypt, home to 350 people and the world's deadliest bear. This is the biggest national park on the planet – and no, it's not what you think…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/coyote-predation-turkey-vulture-texasBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T10:37:55+00:00Coyote finds vulture nest in Texas. What it does next has never been caught on camera beforehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/biggest-penis-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T10:28:03+00:00"At 8 times their body length, this flexible appendage is at risk of being snapped off." Which animal has the biggest penis? (It's probably not what you think)https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/why-huge-animals-rareBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T10:17:42+00:00Why are huge animals so darned rare?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/green-mamba-sao-tomeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T09:08:48+00:00‘Ghost’ green mamba rediscovered after 90 yearshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/fire-coralBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T08:46:46+00:00It looks like coral and behaves like coral, but touch it and you’ll get a nasty, burning sting that can last for hourshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/trees/lake-kaindy-kazakhstanBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T02:15:00+00:00A great earthquake struck this mountain range – and created an underwater, eerie foresthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/do-animals-masturbateBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-28T00:19:00+00:00Do any other animals (apart from humans) masturbate?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/wild-dogs-vs-crocodile-bbc-footageBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-27T17:18:16+00:00 Crocodile snatches wild dog from riverbank in Zambia. Then its pack turns up to try and save it – watch the agonising footage…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/biggest-dogBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-27T16:44:26+00:00It lived millions of years ago, was the size of of a brown bear and the largest dog ever; able to crush bone with its deadly teeth – but was wiped out by catshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/dogs-foxes-interbreedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-27T15:26:42+00:00Can dogs and foxes interbreed? Could we have doxes running around?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/whats-a-black-pantherBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-27T15:10:06+00:00What exactly is a black panther?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/fishing-cats-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-27T14:58:18+00:00It barks like a dog, has webbed feet and dives underwater to hunt: Meet the bizarre cat that swims like an otter