Animals-and-Pets
BBC Wildlife
MISSION MANTA
Research into the lives of these mysterious creatures is offering a ray of hope in the Maldives
6 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
TAKE STOCK
Not all trade in wildlife is harmful - in fact the opposite can be true
7 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
VOLE ON A ROLL
Water voles are back in south Cornwall for the first time since the 1990s – just one of many UK releases
7 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
YOU WON'T SEE ME - GIANT WATER FLEA
The amost invisible invertebrate that swims undetected until it attacks with six bristling limbs
2 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
PURE SHORES - MACHAIR IN BLOOM
Head to the sandy coastlines of Scotland and Ireland to enjoy a dazzling diversity of wildflowers
2 min |
July 2023
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MARK CARWARDINE
\"The most urgent conservation battles are being fought in boardrooms\"
2 min |
July 2023
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FEMALE OF THE SPECIES - RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lucy Cooke on a prosimian society ruled by violent females
2 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
Gannets found to be avian flu survivors
Bass Rock northern gannet study finds irises of birds that beat avian flu turn from blue to black
1 min |
July 2023
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Lost & Found
Grey-headed lapwing, Northumberland
1 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
Open and shut case?
Mudskippers have evolved the ability to blink like we do – and probably for the same reasons
1 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
MEET THE SCIENTIST - Yuliana Bedolla
Marine biologist and 2023 Whitley Award winner on protecting rare seabird nest sites
1 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
GILLIAN BURKE
“There was more to this than a score card of winners and losers”
2 min |
July 2023
BBC Wildlife
"I created a dive team to collect marine data"
Neeve O'Flynn-Mundin is surveying sharks and coastal habitats around the Isle of Wight
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
FEMALE OF THE SPECIES ECLECTUS PARROT
Lucy Cooke on the flamboyance of the female eclectus parrot
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
Surprise attack from the rear
Sea cucumbers channel their inner spider to entangle predators
1 min |
June 2023
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Limbless wonder
A secretive snake that performs cartwheels to escape from danger
1 min |
June 2023
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Tero Mustonen
Goldman Environmental Prize 2023 winner on rewilding Finland’s degraded habitats
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
GILLIAN BURKE
\"The nature reserve prepares to welcome the farm into the fold\"
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
Captive-bred wildcats to be released in Scotland
Saving Wildcats conservation project reaches an important milestone this summer
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
Oceanic plastic rubbish hosts marine life
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the unlikely home for a range of normally coastal-dwelling species
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
LIVING WITH PREDATORS
In an ever-crowded world, conserving predators means valuing the people that live and can die - alongside them
9 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
The natural world as we know it wouldn't exist without pollination. We delve into the cool science of plant sex
8 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
BACK TO NATURE
In Argentina's Iberá Wetlands, a showcase initiative is returning several keystone species and restoring this wondrous ecosystem
10 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
Meet the presenters
Paul McGuinness in conversation with Chris and Michaela
1 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
SPRINGWATCH
It's as firm a fixture in the BBC's spring calendar as the FA Cup Final. But have you ever wondered what goes into making an episode of Springwatch?
8 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
DISCO INFERNO GREEN-BANDED BROODSAC
The parasitic flatworm that turns a snail’s eyestalks into colourful, pulsating glowsticks
2 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
FREE FALLIN' HUNTING PEREGRINES
Spot the ultimate urban predator stooping to catch prey this summer
3 min |
June 2023
BBC Wildlife
Woodcocks are a whiter shade of pale
These waders sport the whitest feathers known to science - but they like to keep them under wraps
1 min |
May 2023
BBC Wildlife
"Fret is always there, nagging like the itch of a horseily bite"
With devastating biodiversity losses and a climate in chaos, it's not surprising that we are increasingly anxious about the state of our planet
8 min |
May 2023
BBC Wildlife
RISING FROM THE RUINS
Remnants of our built heritage can nurture thriving biodiversity - even in the most unlikely, desolate-looking locations. Here are 10 UK sites where human history meets the wild.
6 min |