Mammals
Fascinating facts about our warm blooded friends - the mammals.
Venomous hunter chillingly stores paralysed victims ALIVE – with no chance of escape – underground for killing and eating later
The northern short-tailed shrew might look cute, but it has a lethal bite. Here's how it paralyses and preserves its prey for a late night feast.
Can a person outrun an elephant?
Put it this way - you don't want to be a position where you find out...
These magnificent, agile ocean creatures can leap, spin and soar through sea and air: The ocean's 7 most impressive and spectacular acrobats
Spinning, leaping and dancing through the water and air – the ocean is home to some of the most agile and athletic creatures on the planet.
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13 spectacular images of rhinos that showcase the majestic power of these endangered creatures
Discover incredible photos of these impressive animals
"There's a brutal ritual called 'phajaan' where the animal is kept caged until its spirit breaks." It may make you think twice about riding elephants
The horrifying methods used to make elephants rideable...
These are Africa's Big Five - how many have you seen?
Which wild animals make up the Big Five?
"Once you show regeneration can be activated, it opens the door to new questions..." Mammals – including us – could regrow limbs say scientists
Scientists could be one step closer to solving a biological mystery: why animals, such as salamanders, can regrow lost limbs while mammals cannot.
10 ruthless, brutal videos showcasing wildlife at its angriest - and most powerful – from fighting elephant seals to hoards of angry monkeys
Anger in the animal world is not confined to humans. Here are ten videos demonstrating the full fury that animals can feel
Bat vs bird: what's the difference between these two winged animals?
What are the actual anatomical differences between bats and birds?
This tiny, brave carnivore battles rival groups. Now researchers have discovered something astonishing about their defences
These amazing animals adjust their behaviour according to how much threat their rival group might be
A vast wilderness the size of Turin harbours one of the world's fiercest warriors – a formidable predator with powerful jaws capable of crushing bone
Sarek National Park in Northern Sweden forms part of a vast, wild landscape with glaciers, alpine peaks and deep river valleys
It might look like a rabbit and act like a rabbit, but this is no rabbit – OR even a hare, instead it's something far more peculiar...
All you ever needed to know about the bizarre viscacha
“It safeguards one of the planet’s most endangered marine mammals.” Experts are racing to preserve a rare species on the brink of extinction
Technology has been used to capture a 3D version of one of the most endangered animals on the planet
“It survives microwaving and temperatures up to 150ºC and as low as -273ºC.” These 7 biologically bizarre animals are so weird they could be aliens
From a jellyfish that cheats death to a tiny indestructible animal that can survive the vacuum of space, Earth is home to some creatures so biologically bizarre they seem like they shouldn't belong here
“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
There are too many koalas in South Australia. Scientists have a solution – but it could cost millions
The boom in the koala population in the region could lead to mass starvation of the animals if action is not taken
A gobsmacking 500,000 babies born at one time in one place... That's one colossal delivery room
Almost half a million wildebeest are born within a few weeks in the Serengeti
"Excellent swimmers, they can tread water for up to three days..." Just how do rats get into toilets?
“There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do?” is a lyric from the 1987 song Rat in Mi Kitchen by British reggae band UB40. That sounds bad enough but what about a rat in your toilet?
“It attacks with a short movement, sucking up the prey with an expansion of its tubular snout.” Meet 8 weirdest, bizarrest animals in Hawai'i
From a squid that projects moonlight to hide from predators to a snake that reproduces by cloning itself, Hawai'i's wildlife is stranger than you'd expect
The half-wild pet cat that can cost £20,000, is better at killing than lions, and is often accused of terrorising neighbourhood pets
Semi-wild savannah cats are increasing in popularity in the UK, but do they make sensible pets? Charlotte Corney investigates
Known as the world's grumpiest cat, it's a few cm shorter than a bowling pin and has such a sour face it could curdle milk
Facts about one of the smallest wild felines in the world – the Pallas cat – including where it is from and how it survives in cold environments
Should the Tasmanian tiger live again? Why bringing back the extinct thylacine COULD be a game-changer
What would happen if the thylacine returned as Tasmania's apex predator? Helen Pilcher takes a look
"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
takes us behind the scenes
"Mothers are known to eat their own newborn babies..." 11 gruesome, grisly cannibal animals that feast on their own kind – you won't believe number 3
It may seem gruesome, but many animals have been recorded feeding on their own species. Here are 11 cannibalistic animals, including some that might surprise you.
