Mammals
Fascinating facts about our warm blooded friends - the mammals.
“Effects range from internal bleeding to manipulating behaviour or liquifying a host.” These are the deadliest weapons in the animal kingdom
Powerful punches. Flesh-tearing teeth. Deadly talons. We explore the best (or is it the worst?) weapons in the natural world.
“Here, ‘weirdness’ abounds. One creature seemingly has the beak of a duck, the body of an otter and the tail of a beaver.”
Why does Australia have so many weird species that go against evolutionary norms? Helen Pilcher takes a look
It’s not a pig and it’s not from Guinea – and it’s bolder, riskier and more sociable than your childhood pet
Guinea pigs do exist in the wild – but they're not like the ones you might have looked after at home...
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Under cover of darkness, a huge animal lumbers up a rocky track before descending into a cave and navigating 150 metres of pitch black to reach its prize
When not comes to finding the essential salt they need Savannah elephants have to go on a dangerous journey
Powerful swimmers with massive heads, thick necks, and paws like sledgehammers, these diving big cats hunt below and above the water. Watch them in action
Jaguars are known to be aquatic hunters but some individuals are pushing the limits through new techniques
Can big cats interbreed with each other?
While lions, tigers and their relatives can sometimes interbreed, these rare hybrids reveal as much about the limits of nature as they do about its possibilities.
Adorable footage shows giant panda chomping on bamboo in Chinese mountains
These characterful animals can consume several kilos of the plant every hour.
This baby elephant taking its first trembling steps is the cutest thing you’ll see today
Baby elephants learn to walk within the first hour of their life. If they didn’t, they might not survive.
10 animals that can kill a lion: Which animals are brave enough to take on the King of the Beasts?
Although they are apex predators, lions do face threats from other animals. Here are 10 that are capable of killing lions.
Filmmakers released a robotic orangutan into the Borneo rainforest. What it captured was astonishing
A robotic orangutan was able to film incredible, human-like behaviour for the BBC TV series Spy in the Wild
‘I braved the vast forests of Finland to track an elusive predator. I’ve never seen anything so awesome.’
Deep in the forests of Finland, the lynx leads a secretive life, so elusive that it rarely
give up its secrets
"Exceptional discovery." Animals thought extinct for 6,000 years found alive in Indonesian rainforest
Two marsupial species previously only known from the fossil record have been rediscovered in New Guinea.
“They bore the marks of an attack, including rib fractures, internal haemorrhages and specific teeth marks.” 5 animals that kill excessively – seemingly just for fun
Some animals have been observed to kill prey but not eat it – which is known as surplus killing. Meet the creatures that take part in it
“Complete intoxication.” Lemurs in Madagascar are licking millipedes – and it’s sending them into a “trancelike state”
To protect themselves from malaria-carrying mosquitoes, some lemurs in Madagascar are turning to poisonous insects – with unusual side effects
New David Attenborough and Netflix documentary goes behind the scenes of one of the “most iconic moments in wildlife filmmaking”
Netflix’s A Gorilla Story takes us behind the scenes of a piece of wildlife television history
"She keeps her subordinates imprisoned in their sexless state by low-level physical bullying. They don’t even develop adult genitalia"
Lucy Cooke reveals the secrets behind naked mole rats and their colonies
The mind-controlling zombie that makes our closest cousins seek out their own killers… and it could affect humans too
Could a parasite encourage chimpanzees into encounters with leopards?
The world’s deadliest rat that's poisonous enough to kill an elephant, a mouse that hunts venomous scorpions – The 9 weirdest rodents on the planet
Not all rodents are rats eating out of rubbish bins – these fascinating creatures from around the world show there's a lot more to rodents than meets the eye, from rainbow squirrels to prairie dogs
Just how on Earth are ibex able to scale vertical, sheer cliff faces?The secrets behind their seemingly impossible climbs
The Alpine ibex's amazing climbing ability is all down to its feet
Photographer spots snow leopard in remote Indian mountains. He wasn’t expecting it to do this
Life can be tough for these rare predators, but they still find time to enjoy themselves...
Real-life possum found hiding in soft-toy display at Tasmanian airport
Passengers and staff spotted the curious creature in a gift shop at Hobart Airport.
Wolf vs dog: what’s the difference between this deadly apex predator and man’s best friend?
Many people ask what the difference is between a wolf and a dog, but the answer is not as straightforward as you would think
“They felt they’d been deceived.” Was Yellowstone’s celebrated wolf reintroduction all it’s cracked up to be?
It’s over 30 years since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone but the pay-off for the park is disputed
Tiny, blind and totally hairless – puggles are so peculiar
This may be one of the oddest-looking animal babies in the natural world.
