https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/monitor-lizard-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-05T08:29:00+00:00It can count to six, recognise faces, reproduce without a male, kill prey much larger than itself – and has a nasty, venomous bitehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/most-apocalyptic-asteroidsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-05T03:18:00+00:00“It triggered catastrophic global cooling and was twice the size of the one that killed the dinosaurs.” 6 deadliest, most apocalyptic asteroids to ever hit Earthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/icelands-valley-of-steamBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-05T00:06:00+00:00"Hot mud, boiling – bubbling – pools where nothing survives, sulphur-stinking vents and eruptions of steam that blast metres into the sky"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/musk-ox-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T19:06:43+00:00It lived alongside mammoths, survived the Ice Age, weighs the same as a tiger – and has a top speed of a whopping 60KPH – Don't get in its way!https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/cuttlefish-matingBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T18:44:00+00:00"Even craftier males masquerade as an unreceptive female. Brazenly strolling past the dominant male, they boldly service the female in front of her betrothed."https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/swell-shark-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T16:26:50+00:00"When threatened it slips into a crevice and inflates its body like a rubber raft. Within seconds, it's twice its original size and wedged in place."https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/animals-kill-an-orcaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T15:15:46+00:00Can any animal kill an orca, the ocean’s undisputed apex predator?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/sharks-and-rays-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T15:06:42+00:00Are rays just flattened sharks? No, say the experts at The Shark Trust, there's a bit more to it than thathttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/thismia-daemona-devil-flowerBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T14:56:00+00:00Researchers discover 'devil flower' hidden beneath the forest floor in Thai national parkhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/tales-from-the-bush/giant-red-land-crab-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T14:05:56+00:00“Crash. Smash. Slam. My cabin was under siege. A colossal crab the size of a car tyre was pushing against my door"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/lithodid-crab-brittle-starBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T13:20:53+00:00Giant crab seen marching along seafloor. What happened next shocked these scientistshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/straw-fruit-bat-gathering-spectacleBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T12:10:21+00:00The world's biggest animal migration is a jaw-dropping aerial spectacle worthy of a place on Africa's Big 6, says Mike Dilgerhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/turtle-jacks-borneoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T10:10:56+00:00“My mind was completely blown.” This diver was filming fish in Borneo, when suddenly the shoal parted to reveal a breathtaking sighthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/chimaera-vancouver-islandBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T08:02:09+00:00Deep-sea 'ghost shark' spotted feeding in the shallows off the coast of Vancouver Islandhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/largest-river-fishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T02:06:00+00:00"A fish the size of a dining table and as heavy as a grizzly bear, yet reports of specimens twice that size exist..." 10 largest river fish on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/eritheriumBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-04T00:00:00+00:00It looked like a pig and was just 20cm tall – meet the first-ever elephant on the planet, which looked nothing like today's majestic giantshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/titan-triggerfishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-03T17:57:00+00:00It has human-like, sharp chisel teeth and a powerful bite. Divers are advised to swim away, as making for the surface only encourages an attack…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/bird-vocalisation-attractivenessBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-03T11:59:57+00:00These people listened 123 different birdsongs then ranked their attractiveness. Here's what came top (and bottom)