Mammals
Fascinating facts about our warm blooded friends - the mammals.
Why cats have slit-shaped pupils, why some cats roar and some purr and the feline that can leap 9 metres – 19 wild cat facts that will boggle your mind
From cheetahs that can hit 94kmph to snow leopards that wrap their tails like scarves, the world of wild cats is full of unexpected quirks. Here are 10 facts about wild cats you (probably) won't know
Do cats really have three eyelids?
Why do cats, and other animals, have a third eyelid yet humans don't? Stuart Blackman explains
It’s not just humans who love a strong jawline...
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10 incredible images and videos of ‘nature’s engineers’ that can build structures seen from space
Beavers are known as nature’s engineers due to their dam-making abilities, which transform landscapes
On the brink of extinction: 11 rarest cats in the world, from the beautiful Arabian leopard to the weird flat-headed cat
There are more wild cats out there than just lions and tigers. Get to know some of the world's most elusive and rarest felines.
“She’s seen something….” A cheetah mum must distract a prowling big cat away from her cubs. Will her risk pay off?
In footage captured for the latest series of Big Cats 24/7, we watch a tense encounter between a cheetah mum and a leopard under the cover of darkness
Night cameras film extremely rare pigmy hippos wandering though Ivory Coast rainforest
There are estimated to be fewer than 3,000 pigmy hippos left in the wild.
“It secretes a matcha-coloured substance from its anal gland that smells of rotting flesh.” This animal is insanely good at faking death
Whether it’s to deter predators or to avoid mating, plenty of animals fake their own death
Extraordinary footage shows female tiger carrying newborn cubs up a cliff in India
Biologist and wildlife filmmaker Dan O’Neill sheds light on the rare behaviour, which he filmed in India's Ranthambore National Park.
Scientists tracked 6 ‘ghosts of the desert’ through the Saudi Arabian wilderness. This is what they found
Sand cats leave no tracks. To find out more about these elusive felines, researchers fitted half a dozen of them with GPS collars.
“After nearly an hour of brutal fighting, it’s all over.” An otter family must defend its pups from a caiman. What happens next is extraordinary
In footage captured for the BBC TV programme Giant Otters of the Amazon, a caiman refuses to back down from fighting with a family of otters
“We did this. People did this.” How Canada’s rarest mammal was pulled back from the brink of extinction
Canada’s rarest mammal was on the brink of extinction but, in a remarkable conservation success story, it is on the road to recovery
It has huge ears and can run twice as fast as Usain Bolt - meet the amazing hare returning to Saudi Arabia's northwestern desert
20 Arabian hares have been moved to the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve as part of a project to restore populations in the area.
“It’s a kind of Tinder for big cats.” Cheetahs were dying out in Africa, so conservationists tried something new
The cheetah is back – thanks to a smart release project that now sees populations flourishing in South Africa and beyond
Do tigers get a taste for human flesh after a first bite?
Some tigers do become serial man-eaters. But the evidence suggests they are driven by necessity rather than preference.
Plants play techno, chimps drum and one creature uses its minuscule penis as a bow – why music isn’t just for humans
It’s not just the hills that are alive with the sound of music – ponds and oceans thrum with tunes, too
“He approaches slowly.” Filmmakers built a robot otter and released it into the Alaskan sea. What it saw was astonishing
Filmmakers used a robotic camera to capture adorable close-up footage of sea otters.
Rare blue-faced monkeys seen swinging through remote forest in Vietnam
The critically endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys were spotted during a recent population census in Vietnam’s Khau Ca forest.
Why are giant pandas black and white?
Our expert explains why giant pandas are black and white.
A rapidly melting ‘Doomsday Glacier’ and a monstrous deep-sea fish: 6 of nature’s doomsday signals that could warn of the end of the world
Whether these signs are rooted in science (like the Doomsday Glacier) or simply popular myth, they have been associated with the end of the world – or at least life as we know it
Astonishing power and resilience of hippos revealed in 16 incredible photos
Dramatic images of hippopotamuses – from the muddy banks of the Luangwa River in Zambia to Botswana's vast Okavango Delta.
Giraffes have ridiculously high blood pressure – much higher than humans. So why doesn’t it kill them?
Giraffes have incredibly long necks, but their lanky legs also have an important function
It looks like a guinea pig on steroids, is nearly as big as a single mattress, weighs the same as a tumble dryer – and is a dab hand at swimming underwater too
All you need to know about the worlds largest rodent, capybara
Odd-looking, tiny killers, expert underwater swimmers and the grumpiest cats: 10 weirdest wild cats in the world
From tiny but deadly hunters to grumpy-looking felines, the world is home to some truly bizarre wild cats
