https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/atacama-desert-chile-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-06T13:53:49+00:00It's one of the oldest and driest deserts in the world, is 5 times drier than the Sahara – and it's about to bloom with millions of flowershttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/amazon-rainforest-aerial-riversBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-06T10:33:48+00:00"It's famous for the mighty river that snakes through its forests, but high above the canopy, another vast river is moving…" – Discover the Amazon's 'Flying River'https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animals-on-trialBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-06T08:15:07+00:00"It was declared an act of heresy and witchcraft, and it was convicted to death by fire…" 11 horrendous times animals were tried for their crimes in courthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/the-wolf-fishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-05T18:49:00+00:00Its 4 to 6 fang-like front teeth deliver the most severe damage – and its snapping jaw reflex can even be triggered after deathhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/glow-worms-in-gardenBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-05T15:40:19+00:00'They gorge voraciously on slugs and snails, injecting them with paralysing toxins that break down the tissues, before sucking up their digested remains.'https://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/will-whitford-photographer-interviewBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-05T11:21:00+00:00“It burst from the inky water, right beside us. We were very lucky”. Close shave with dangerous, massive creature in Zambian swamphttps://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."