https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-bacteriaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T16:14:50+00:00“A mutating army of deadly germs” – 8 deadliest bacterial diseases to avoid like the plaguehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/nile-riverBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T14:03:15+00:00More than 6,600km long, it flows through 11 countries, across deserts, jungles and wetlands... And hides some of Earth's deadliest animalshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/invasive-praying-mantisBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-17T00:25:00+00:00These giant insects are spreading across Europe. And they're reproducing fasthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/mammoths-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T16:52:07+00:00"It could have weighed as much as 10 tonnes, more than double the weight of an African elephant and possibly as much as 14.3 tonnes!"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/fish/goliath-tigerfishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T14:30:08+00:00"With a single bite, prey can be incapacitated or sliced in half, by fearsome, razor-sharp teeth the same size as a great white's…"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/adelie-penguin-guano-satelliteBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-17T09:01:46+00:00Scientists looked at Antarctica from the air. What they saw has them worriedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/pig-murder-trialBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T13:46:51+00:00Would you convict a pig of murder?The sow that was seized, brought before the local court, convicted for murder and sentenced to death https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/komodo-dragon-fighting-breeding-seasonBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-17T10:31:36+00:00These venomous lizards can grow as long as a car. In the breeding season, things get brutalhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/deadliest-prehistoric-birdsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T17:15:41+00:00"It could sprint at 40mph and had a huge skull with a deadly-looking, hooked beak and swallowed its prey whole…" 10 deadliest prehistoric birds everhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/pine-marten-sightings-rising-ukBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-17T14:00:53+00:00These tree-climbing ninjas are leaving their Scottish stronghold and spreading into England and Waleshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/ants-use-toiletsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T09:45:44+00:00Do ants use toilets?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/fish/sloane-viperfishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-17T02:03:00+00:00"The fangs are huge, too large for it to close its mouth. Instead, they act as a cage, trapping would-be prey as though on Death Row"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/zanclean-floodBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-17T05:49:00+00:00“Some believe that Gibraltar Falls was 1,000 times higher than Niagara Falls.” This could be the largest flood on Earth of all timehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-humans-indiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-16T19:52:19+00:00What's the deadliest animal in India for humans? Clue - it's responsible for a staggering 20,000 deaths a year and it's not the mosquito…https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/hooded-pitohuiBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T10:46:42+00:00It looks like a friendly garden bird, sings like one too – but it's one of the most toxic creatures alivehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/pampas-foxBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T09:47:22+00:00It might be called a fox, look like a fox and act like a fox - but don't be fooled, this is no foxhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/saltwater-crocodileBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-07-18T16:39:56+00:00"The thought of them lurking under the water is enough to give you the shivers – After drowning its victim it rapidly rolls it to remove its limbs…