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“Inside every female, there is a new male in waiting...” This bizarre-looking fish attempts to mate – but there’s one big problem
This female kobudai vanished after refusing a mate. When she resurfaced, everything about her had changed.
“It’s alien in every sense of the word.” In sulphuric caves too deadly for humans, living snot-like slime drips from the ceilings
In a clip from the BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System, Brian Cox visits an ‘alien’ within a cave that’s a death trap for humans
“It slowly disappears under a writhing mass of earth and ants and is sliced up.” Ravenous insects devour prey alive in BBC clip
Driver ants attack everything unfortunate enough to wind up in their path – and this unlucky slug is in for a tough day.
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“They don’t have the strength – so they’ve turned into a mass killing machine”
In a clip from the BBC’s Evolution, Chris Packham explains how ants have evolved to become efficient hunters
‘How did the elephant become so big?’ New Chris Packham-fronted BBC TV series uncovers the secrets of evolution
All you need to know about Evolution, the new BBC TV series presented by Chris Packham
BBC launches new wildlife video podcast as part of the Watches expansion
Naturewatch will begin this autumn, highlighting the best of British wildlife each week
These baby iguanas must run for their lives – or they’ll be constricted to death by snakes. Will they make it?
Iguana hatchlings are faced with a fierce race straight after hatching in this now-iconic clip from the BBC's Planet Earth II
“No one’s ever seen tigers do this before.” A film crew flew a drone over an island full of big cats – and captured something extraordinary
Think you know everything there is to know about tigers? This new footage from the BBC's Tiger Island has left experts amazed
“A smaller crab will be swallowed whole – a bigger one will be torn apart”
In footage captured for the BBC’s Blue Planet II, shore crabs face waters riddled with deadly predators
“I’ve never met a good-tempered walrus, they’re always grumpy!” Wildlife filmmaker Doug Allan on filming in the Arctic and working with Attenborough
In an interview originally published in October 2019, BBC filmmaker Doug Allan reflects on an extraordinary encounter with a narwhal and his funniest shoot
"To see her standing there, focused entirely on finding her cub – who was in serious danger – was one of the most affecting things I've ever seen."
Tiger Island is an epic new
two-part series about to air on
BBC One. Presenter Dan O’Neill
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An extensive list of best nature documentaries to watch, from the iconic Life on Earth to new releases
Find the best nature documentaries of all time to stream from the comfort of home with our ultimate TV guide. Plus, where to buy the accompanying books and DVDs.
“Enveloped by the mouth and suffocated inside, 6,000 teeth scraping, rasping and boring into its flesh…”
Hidden away in New Zealand’s forests is a giant snail that eats earthworms like spaghetti.
“Over the next 6 months, it will prey on the defenceless larvae until it’s 100 times its original size.” This undercover carnivore may look harmless – but don’t be fooled
In rare footage captured for the BBC’s Wild Isles, the carnivorous caterpillar uses master trickery to survive.
“The cordyceps erupts from the ant’s head.” Deadly parasitic fungus infiltrates an ant’s body and mind in this BBC Planet Earth clip
In footage captured for BBC’s Planet Earth, an ant is infected by deadly zombie fungus.
A hippo is dying of thirst in Botswana. But a pride of lions guards the water hole
In footage for the BBC TV series Natural World, David Attenborough narrates an encounter between a pride of lions and a lone hippo
“Never-before-seen animal behaviour, new locations, new science.” Watch first clip of David Attenborough narrating “blockbuster” BBC series
The third instalment of the David Attenborough-narrated series will air on the BBC this year
“One of the most vibrant and biodiverse places in Northern Ireland.” BBC’s Springwatch is back – with a new live location for 2026
BBC Two's Springwatch will return with a new live location this year – here's everything you need to know
David Attenborough narrates astonishing BBC footage of grizzly bears hunting during the annual salmon run – one of nature’s greatest spectacles
“Piranha can strip a fish to the bone in minutes.” Watch David Attenborough-narrated footage of a brutal feeding frenzy
In a clip from Planet Earth, a shoal of red-bellied piranhas make light work of an injured dorado
“We can’t escape.” How Attenborough’s greatest adventure almost never made it to air
Life on Earth changed wildlife TV programming forever and made a star of its presenter – but the story behind the making of the 13-part epic is just as astonishing
Sir David Attenborough's 5 must-see magic moments on film
Picking our five greatest moments from David Attenborough's documentaries was no easy task, but we gave it a go - do you agree with our choices?
21 amazing, jaw-dropping, David Attenborough documentaries to watch and stream right now: Unmissable wildlife television at your fingertips
Sir David Attenborough has had a career so prolific, presenting and narrating BBC natural history documentaries across decades, that he has undoubtedly reached legendary status. Here we take a look at some of David Attenborough's best documentaries to watch
David Attenborough’s 7 greatest firsts, from killer fungi and hydroplaning dolphins to mating slugs and birds imitating car alarms
David Attenborough’s nature documentaries have captured some first-time animal behaviours over the years on film – here are just some of them.
