https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/ocelot-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T13:24:16+00:00Perfectly camouflaged as it slips through the forest at twilight, this little-seen, mysterious, ambush predator climbs like a cat and swims like an otterhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/leopard-baboon-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T13:22:25+00:00"I realised that I was in a very vulnerable position and retreated as fast as I could. It took a few sweat-pouring minutes of bounding over boulders…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/painful-sting-insects-bugsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T13:14:52+00:00"It's likened to being shot or walking over hot coals with a rusty nail driven into your foot…" World's 10 most agonisingly painful stings from creepy-crawlieshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deep-sea-vent-pacificBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T13:05:25+00:00“In places, you couldn't see a single rock because everything is so densely populated… ” Deep sea scientists find something staggering in the Pacifichttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/rattle-snakes-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T12:54:45+00:00It's one of the most deadliest and feared snakes in the Americas, able to kill a person with one lethal bite…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/assassin-spiderfactsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T12:50:02+00:00With deadly, long, lethal jaws that drain their prey dry, this is one of the world’s most spine-chilling animals — and it's known as an assassinhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animal-biggest-brainBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T12:46:35+00:00What animal has the biggest brain? Clue – it's 5 times bigger than a human'shttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/farmed-dinosaursBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T12:34:34+00:00Could we have farmed dinosaurs? Meet the tastiest dinosaurs that could have ended up on our plates – had we lived alongside them…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/atoll-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-16T10:05:11+00:00They can start out as underwater volcanoes, take up to 30 million years to form – and are home to about 1 million peoplehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/the-ghost-sharkBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-15T14:46:04+00:00They’re a whopping 150 million years older than dinosaurs, look like a shark, have a tail like a rat, teeth like a rabbit and sharp, venomous spines https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/hippo-in-swimming-poolBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-15T10:25:44+00:00"Please help – we have a hippo in our swimming pool!"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/pacific-ocean-deadliest-animalsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-15T09:50:05+00:00"Its sting can cause vomiting and existential dread, and can kill within five minutes..." 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Pacific oceanhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/dogs-and-cats-relatedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-15T08:21:00+00:00They’re age-old rivals –but did you know dogs and cats are actually related? Here's how…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/the-pacuBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-15T03:14:00+00:00Does this 25kg fish deliberately go after a man’s testicles? The 'nut-crusher' that mimics the ferocious piranhahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/puff-adderBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-15T00:00:00+00:00It has relatively huge hinged fangs and can strike with astonishing speed, delivering a potentially dangerous dose of venom…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/mountain-chicken-frog-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-14T20:55:03+00:00It's called a chicken, sounds like a chicken, tastes like a chicken and raises its young like a chicken – but it definitely isn't a chicken…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/rain-frog-matingBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-08-14T20:50:42+00:00"It's not unknown for males to get stuck in the wrong position - back to front, or sideways on - or for groups to become hopelessly welded together…"