Animals-and-Pets
BBC Wildlife
How does a death roll work?
THE DEATH ROLL IS ABOUT AS GRUESOME as it sounds.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Fight to wipe out alien species
New Zealand public urged to help rid country of destructive species from overseas
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
WILD IN THE CITY
So secretive is the Bogotá rail that most people living in the capital have never even heard of it
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Why are tropical animals so colourful?
FROM THE VIVID FEATHERS OF RAINBOW lorikeets to the bright blue bottoms of mandrills, the tropics are certainly a flamboyant feast for the eyes.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Why do large whales feed on such small plankton?
ON LAND, VERY SMALL PREY SUCH as mosquitoes, aphids and ants cluster in occasional groups, providing food for other insects and birds such as swifts and green woodpeckers. Larger prey gathers in herds or flocks that occur less frequently. These are preyed upon by medium-sized carnivores, capable of stalking and chasing them.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Fight to wipe out alien species
New Zealand public urged to help rid country of destructive species from overseas
5 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Feeding predators saves capercaillies
'Diversionary feeding' reduces the chances of these rare birds' eggs being eaten
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
RULING THE ROOST
Unexpectedly smitten by life on a desert ranch in South Texas, Karine Aigner found herself falling for a regular visitor: a fearless young roadrunner she soon named Sir Walter
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Blue-ringed octopus
BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUSES ARE a genus of small octopuses known for their iridescent blue markings. The patterns only reveal themselves when the creatures are disturbed or feel threatened.
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
wild SEPTEMBER
7 nature encounters for the month ahead
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Do animals know first aid?
LIFE IS FULL OF HAZARDS FOR EVERY WILD animal - and injuries involving open wounds can often lead to a slow death from infection, unless licking the site alone is sufficient to keep it bacteria-free. But scientists in Uganda have witnessed a more sophisticated approach to wound care and social wellbeing practised by eastern chimpanzees in Budongo Forest, in the country’s Western Region.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
"They're everywhere. Above, below, slicing through the blue"
Grey reef sharks in French Polynesia
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Why are deep sea animals so big?
THE DEEP SEA IS BY FAR THE LARGEST habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, \"the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters\".
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
COME FLY WITH ME
The sizeable forest insect that glides because its life depends on it
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Meet The Wild Ones
Follow epic expeditions to find rare species
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
CALL OF THE WILD
From tweets to underwater songs, discover the astonishing ways animals use sound to survive and thrive
8 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
COME TOGETHER
ASIAN ELEPHANTS Hundreds of huge pachyderms gather to feed, drink and socialise during Sri Lanka's dry season
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Wildlife
Are new laws a threat to nature?
New legislation to tackle river pollution could bring with it a whole new set of problems
5 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
The bullet ant
ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT
4 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
7 nature encounters for the month ahead
PODS OF ORCAS ARE DRAWN TO the coasts of northernmost Scotland in the summer months, lured by plentiful prey - especially seal pups. When on the hunt, they can come thrillingly close to rocky headlands, and sightings appear to be increasing.
3 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
"It sniffed at my hiking boot and tickled my bum with its snout"
An echidna in Mulligans Flat
2 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
BABY COME BACK
This amphibian's colossal tadpole shrinks down into adulthood
3 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
SNAP-CHAT
Adventures above the Arctic Circle with bird lover Knut-Sverre Horn
2 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves?
THERE WOULD BE LITTLE POINT IN having the ability to lethally poison a predator if you accidentally poisoned yourself and ended up just as dead. In the case of poison dart frogs, they dodge being poisoned twice in the process of protecting themselves. Initially, the frogs ingest a toxin from the ants, mites and centipedes they consume, which have been eating poisonous plants. Though research on the subject is ongoing, scientists believe the ant toxins don't harm the frogs because of a protein in their gut, which is released as the ants are digested and interacts with the poison.
1 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
Sir David tells 'Our Story'
New exhibition opens at Natural History Museum
1 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
New urban jungles
Moves to integrate wildlife biodiversity into the built environment are gaining momentum
6 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
SPIRIT ON THE WATER
They are the gentle giants of the ocean, but how whale sharks feed and breed is anybody's guess
2 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
PARROTS OF THE CARIBBEAN
Caribbean parrots face threats from poaching, but a reintroduction programme in Aruba is giving one group of yellow-shouldered amazons a second chance
6 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
What is tree-creep?
STUDIES OF ANCIENT PLANTS HAVE shown that they react to changing climates by moving. While a single plant of course cannot move itself over large distances, seeds are often highly mobile. They can be carried by wind, water and animals to new locations. And when they put down roots in more hospitable climes, the seeds of these lucky survivors can further advance into that region. This has been going on for millennia and entire ecosystems have shifted their ranges in response to changing environmental conditions.
1 min |
August 2025
BBC Wildlife
CONGO UNCOVERED
Camera-traps reveal the wondrous, rarely seen species of the mysterious Congo rainforest
7 min |