https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/moon-bears-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T16:56:22+00:00It climbs like a cat, roars like a lion and wears a white crescent on its chest: Meet a secretive creature you’ve probably never heard ofhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/richard-birchettBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T16:48:46+00:00“Lying for more than three hours in freezing water left me close to hypothermic.”https://www.discoverwildlife.com/holidays-days-out/5-animals-that-sound-made-upBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T16:00:00+00:005 animals so bizarre they sound made up – but they're actually realhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/tales-from-the-bush/dangerous-lion-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T14:30:16+00:00"An enormous male lion emerged from the darkness. His head and mane loomed impossibly large and he grunted and advanced towards us"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/orangutans-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T12:55:10+00:00It's the largest tree-dwelling animal on the planet, highly intelligent, can use sophisticated tools – and makes a 'kiss-squeak' call that is not friendly at allhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/three-gorges-dam-guideBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T11:46:36+00:00It cost an enormous $30 billion, slowed Earth's rotation and even changed the planet's rotational axis – AND it unleashed an ecological disasterhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/are-all-fish-cold-bloodedBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T11:44:29+00:00This apex predator is at risk of overheating in our oceans – here’s whyhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/baby-swift-recoveryBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T11:24:16+00:00“I’ve got a lost baby swift – I’m going to put it in our bedroom!” What happened next is remarkablehttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/dolphin-porpoise-differenceBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T09:40:05+00:00Dolphin vs porpoise: what’s the difference?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/reptiles/jamaican-rock-iguana-releaseBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T07:03:25+00:00Experts thought these animals might be extinct. Now, 1,000 have been released into the wildhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/white-shark-seal-photoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-09T04:31:00+00:00Formidable power of great white shark captured in one staggering photohttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/scary-silvertip-shark-encounterBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T18:32:46+00:00"I was filming in the Coral Sea when a huge shark rocketed up from the deep and came straight for me. The footage was deemed too scary for the final cut."https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/sw-atlantic-continental-reefBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T18:14:00+00:00Something enormous had been hiding beneath the Atlantic Ocean – leaving scientists surprised and amazed when they saw ithttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/henderson-island-rubbishBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T16:56:27+00:00"From discarded bottles and fishing gear to toys and even toilet seats, it contains up to 672 pieces of rubbish per square metre"https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/lice-factsBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T12:37:43+00:00It could be latching onto your skin and sucking your blood right now – and that's not even the worst of ithttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/fish/sharks-riversBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T12:35:27+00:00Are there sharks in rivers? Oh yes quite a few – including one of the most dangerous to humans – but you shouldn't be afraidhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/humpback-whales-send-messages-to-humansBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T11:11:53+00:00Have humpback whales been witnessed trying to send messages to humans? What could they be trying to tell us?https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/dracula-ant-dietBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T10:47:08+00:00It drinks the blood of its children to survive - causing them so much pain and trauma they try and run awayhttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/barro-coloradoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T07:32:00+00:00How killing one animal helped grow an entire tropical rainforesthttps://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/bolas-spider-lassoBBC Wildlife Magazineen2026-11-08T01:00:00+00:00It hunts like a cowboy, launching a long sticky lasso to snag its prey – then reels it in for the kill