https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/deadliest-rat-worldBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T14:39:32+00:00Meet the deadliest rat on the planet – it contains enough poison to kill an elephanthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/bullet-ant-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T14:29:22+00:00"Its venom feels like it’s been inflicted by a gun shot." It might look harmless but don't be fooled as it delivers the world's most painful sting, leaving you in agony for 24 hours or morehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/animals-nesting-your-bedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T13:15:02+00:00"They hide in the nooks and crannies of our beds, then come out at night to slurp up our blood like a smoothie…" 8 animals that could be in your bedhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/gulper-eel-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T12:33:24+00:00This deep-sea animal was discovered in 1882. Still to this day it's almost never seen alivehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-tailsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T11:22:00+00:00They can shatter bones and sever spines – these are the deadliest tails on Earthhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/operation-cat-drop-borneoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T09:30:11+00:00Why the RAF parachuted cats into Borneo’s mountains – the bizarre true storyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/fur-seal-rescue-tongaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T08:15:09+00:00“I cried with happiness.” Wildlife rescuers release young fur seal back into the wild in Tongahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/lion-hyena-rivalry-africaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T04:00:00+00:00“I repeatedly observed lions tracking hyenas.” GPS collars reveal secrets of fierce carnivore rivalryhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-life/the-oldest-dnaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-09T00:19:00+00:00Scientists could have found a way to get dinosaur DNA – and it could change everythinghttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/weirdest-butterfliesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T16:38:00+00:00Weird wings, glass bodies and 9,000-mile relay races: Meet the world’s 9 most bizarre butterflieshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/box-jellyfish-2BBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T16:20:00+00:00This predator uses its 24 eyes to help with transferring sperm packets during courtship. It could be lurking in the shallows near youhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/congo-river-basin-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T15:17:40+00:00It's bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, is home to rainforests, savannahs, swamps and some of the world’s deadliest, strangest wildlifehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/dangerous-snakes-in-australiaBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T12:23:14+00:00"It is estimated that just one bite contains enough venom to kill at least 100 humans." 4 most dangerous, deadliest snakes in Australiahttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/spanish-ribbed-newtBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T11:36:02+00:00"Its ribs stretch the skin to the point that they burst right through it, producing a row of barbs that inject poison into any predator"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/wildebeest-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T10:05:02+00:00Its top speed is 50 miles per hour, it's constantly on the move and takes part in one of the greatest spectacles on the planethttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/trees/crown-shyness-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T09:44:48+00:00"Treetops appear to lock together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, separated by channels of blue sky." Why do some trees refuse to touch each other?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/flowers/smelliest-plantBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T09:33:47+00:00It's a gigantic 3 metres tall, reeks of rotten flesh and blooms for just 24 hours every 3 yearshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/sea-of-cortezBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T07:05:32+00:00It's home to 900 fish species and one of the rarest animals on Earth – and was dubbed the 'aquarium of the world' by Jacques Cousteauhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/honeybee-maternal-offloadingBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T06:08:00+00:00“They shunt the toxic burden to their eggs.” Queen bees have a morbid way of protecting themselves against chemicals https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/anemone-eats-fishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T04:41:00+00:00“We did not want to see this.” Researchers stunned as predator hiding in plain sight suddenly strikeshttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/black-bear-hibernation-environmental-cuesBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T03:56:00+00:00Scientists spent 22,000 hours watching black bears hibernating in Virginia. Here's what they learnthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/north-american-eurasian-beaver-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T02:45:00+00:00North American beaver vs Eurasian beaver: what's the difference between these two huge rodents?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/porcupine-caribou-migrationBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T01:23:00+00:00Up to 200,000 porcupine caribou make an arduous migration from the Yukon to Alaska every year. Watch their incredible journeyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/salar-de-uyuni-salt-flatsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-09-08T00:05:00+00:00At 130km across, it's the world’s largest natural mirror – but this otherworldly landscape is stranger than it looks, and has starred in Star Wars