https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/striped-possum-tongueBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T11:09:24+00:00This adorable animal has a bizarre body part – and a hidden camera just caught it showing it offhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/australia-great-southern-reefBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T11:02:33+00:00It's the length of Africa, home to more than 2,000 marine species—many found nowhere else on Earth—and one of the world's largest underwater forestshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/lesbian-albatrossesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T08:35:13+00:00"What no one knew at the time was that many of those committed couples were, to put it anthropomorphically, lesbians…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/bear-dar-canadaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T13:31:19+00:00‘Large potential wildlife moving near the weather station.’ Polar bear-detection system successfully clocks family in Canada’s High Arctichttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/deadliest-wasp-stingsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T11:33:47+00:00"It's like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail embedded in your heel.” The wasps and bees with the most painful, savage stings on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/kea-bird-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T09:07:43+00:00It's one of the world's most intelligent birds - whose curiosity - & taste for meat - led the New Zealand government to encourage their mass killinghttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/raccoonsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T14:13:38+00:00"This 5kg bandit-masked carnivore is North America's most numerous mammal and often regarded as the ultimate urban pest"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/monarch-butterfly-epic-migrationBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T09:06:23+00:00"This means that those returning in the spring will be the ‘great-great-grandchildren’ of those that left the previous autumn…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/worlds-most-dangerous-junglesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T02:35:00+00:00"They will use this claw to rip open the soft bellies of humans to devastating effect..." 6 deadliest, most dangerous jungles on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/climate-scientist-says-us-government-report-got-research-wrongBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T11:32:54+00:00Climate scientist whose work shaped modern climate science says US government report got his research 'completely wrong'https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/red-panda-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T09:25:32+00:00"It's the size of a house cat, with all the charisma of rusty-red teddy bear..."https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/which-country-has-longest-coastlineBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T09:38:06+00:00Which country has the longest coastline? Clue – there's a colossal 265,523km of it...https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/fastest-bites-in-the-animal-kingdomBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-12T16:10:08+00:00"Without warning and impossible to see with the naked eye, the prey vanishes..." 3 fastest bites in the animal kingdomhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/worlds-biggest-beeBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T08:17:37+00:00It’s bigger than your thumb, has immense jaws and is nicknamed the flying bulldog – Meet the largest bee on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/savage-parasitesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-12T14:58:11+00:00"They eat their hosts from the inside out, using saw-like teeth to chew their way through thick skin." 10 most brutal, savage, parasites on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/jackal-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00"It has a reputation for cunning, opportunism and haunting twilight calls..." Does this wild dog really deserve its bad reputation?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/common-starfish-predationBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T09:21:46+00:00It has no brain or blood – but this five-armed creature is a formidable predatorhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/whip-spider-bbc-earthBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-13T10:55:25+00:00“It seizes the victim with large spines, impaling and immobilising the prey…” This ultimate hunter might look like a spider, but don’t be fooled… https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/ants-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-14T11:31:57+00:00"As with humans, their greatest enemies are the same species. At the frontier they detect friend or foe by smell and interlopers are repulsed…"