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“Unbelievable thing to see”: Drone captures never-seen-before footage of penguin chicks plunging 50 feet into Antarctic Ocean
The dramatic footage was filmed for National Geographic's series Secret Lives of Penguins.
"I was caught between a muscular puma and an enormous, agitated serpent. This was far from ideal."
Something stops Wara the puma in her tracks while out on a walk with volunteer matthew.
"Once a target is spotted, they plunge into a spectacular high-speed dive at up to 143mph, seizing their victim in enormous talons and killing on impact"
The martial eagle is a formidable hunter
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It’s almost as big as Manhattan, contains trees more than 1,300 years old and is visible from space. Now it hides a ticking time bomb
The logjams in the delta of Canada's Mackenzie River are vital for wildlife and the environment
"They measured 3.18 metres and weighed a whopping 209kg and belonged to the 'Kilimanjaro Bull’"
An elephant’s tusks aren’t like a rhino’s horn, they can’t just grow back…
"It’s only 19 hectares in size but hosts a tightly packed crowd of 81,000." 10 biggest bird colonies in the world
Birds travel long distances to get to their favourite breeding grounds, no matter how cramped they may be
It bakes its eggs in an oven and will probably abandon its babies, but is stubbornly faithful to its partner
The rufous hornero has fascinating and brutal habits
"We were in a small boat in the deadly, croc-infested Zambezi River, just metres from the edge of Victoria Falls. Then the boat's engine spluttered and cut out...”
As the Zambezi approaches the famous 100m drop-off, it constricts from three miles into one mile, and picks up speed and sass. Suddenly, we found ourselves funnelled through ever tighter channels and increasingly challenging rapids
“It stood 3m tall and was armed with some of the deadliest weaponry of any prehistoric animal.” 10 biggest prehistoric birds that ever lived
Most birds could fit in the palm of your hand, but these feathered goliaths are on a very different scale - you’d be lucky not to be crushed beneath their feet…
It's 7 metres long, can weigh almost a tonne and can live for 400 years or more – meaning some around today were born in 1626...
The mystery of the lifespan of Greenland sharks has finally been unveiled thanks to new research.
Underwater robot stumbles across thousands of sharks all packed together and asleep on the seabed – stunning scientists
in 2024 scientists were left scratching their heads, underwater robot captured thousands of female sharks gathered on the seafloor in southern Australia.
It’s 40 miles wide, contains billions of creatures and takes 20 years to form – Watch gobsmacking BBC footage of nature’s deadliest, most destructive swarm ever
In astonishing footage from Planet Earth, swarms of desert locusts decimate vegetation
A Boeing 737 was dropped on the seabed, then this strange white animal moved in
The artificial reef off Vancouver Island is said to have more than 100 marine species
Your garden robin might know exactly who you are and follow you about – but it’s not because it likes you
Robins are deeply embedded in various cultures and are known for being particularly savvy.
Watch dramatic, heart-stopping BBC footage shows desperate, ravenous leopard mother risking death for her cubs, high in the treetops
This incredible BBC Earth footage shows the power and agility of the African leopard
“They look comic, as if they’re kind of wobbling, and then they crash into the side of the next trunk”
Writer Simon Barnes reveals how flying squirrels sparked the idea for his latest book
"Perhaps the mums’ hearts are racing with love. Or maybe they’re thinking, 'Oh no, not dinner time again'"
What makes a mother’s heart race? For Japanese house bats, the answer may lie in the mysterious bond between mother and pup.
“Each of their massive toenails is as long as a man’s finger, and together these razor-sharp claws exert a crushing, killing, grip” 10 deadliest talons on the planet
With sharp, fearsome talons, these 10 birds possess a deadly ability to capture and kill their prey
10 incredibly rare, amazing albino animals spotted in the wild –Including a snow-white hedgehog and a ghostly rattlesnake
Albino animals are a rare and striking sight in the wild. In this gallery browse fascinating images of albino animals.
If humans went extinct, this is what would happen to life on Earth, according to scientists
Climate change is causing a mass extinction that may eliminate our species. But if we disappear could Mother Nature eventually recover?
“After nearly an hour of brutal fighting, it’s all over.” An otter family must defend its pups from a deadly caiman. What happens next is truly 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
5 animals that can kill the gigantic, much-feared, infamous green anaconda
With wide mouths that can swallow a deer whole, there aren't a lot of animals that dare take on a green anaconda
Bizarre fields of potato-like nodules line the Pacific seafloor. Scientists just set off on an expedition to study them
As commercial interest in deep-sea mining grows, studying its potential environmental effects is becoming increasingly important
"She built a 28-foot bird tower in her garden." 19 extraordinary birding women who changed science forever, but were written out of history
All too often the world of birds is associated mainly with men. Jo Wimpenny remembers some brilliant but overlooked women who advanced our knowledge of birds.
