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Forget Love Island: This barren Caribbean rock is the hottest dating spot on earth for an extremely Species on the Brink of extinction
A bold Caribbean conservation experiment is playing matchmaker for endangered iguanas – and it's working better than researchers could have hoped
It was home to 400 million chattering residents and almost the size of Ireland – and was deep underground
In 1901, an ecologist discovered an enormous animal 'town' in West Texas
This deadly creepy crawly is a foot long with 21 legs, venomous enough to kill a bat - and a small child – and has eaten flesh from a human corpse
Meet the biggest - and most venomous - centipede in the world
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“I know it’s natural but it’s bloody hard to watch.” There’s one rule in wildlife filmmaking – but this BBC team broke it
In a now-viral clip from BBC's Dynasties, the filming crew were faced with a tough decision
This extremely rare, yet stunningly beautiful, starlit frog may be slipping quietly into extinction – needlessly
Photography tourists are posing a threat to this star-studded frog as they damage its precious habitat.
5 animals that can kill you without touching you – or at least cause serious harm...
From venomous sprays to lethal toxins , these animals can seriously injure—or even kill – without ever laying a claw, tooth or tentacle on you
"They can eat almost anything." Pumas caught hunting surprising prey on coast of Patagonia
The novel hunting behaviour was observed on the windswept shores of Monte León National Park in south-east Argentina.
16,000 dinosaur footprints discovered in Bolivia. It's the largest collection ever found
Some of the footprints recorded are 30 cm in diameter – that's the size of a large frying pan.
9 beautifully intimate photos that capture the raw vulnerability and power of endangered species that could be lost forever
Wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein's latest book combines conservation and photography focuses on nine endangered species
“I’ve been frozen like an ice block, overheated to the point of melting and immersed in water for hours.”
Nick Garbutt is loving lemurs and big cats, but midges? No thanks
10 animals that could kill a tiger
Although they are apex predators, tigers do face threats from other animals...
These 9 incredible, brutal jaguar photos reveal the lethal power and fierce cunning of these top predators
These awesome images demonstrate the speed, power and skill of these deadly predators
David Attenborough’s latest BBC project is filmed in a very special location – watch the trailer now
In a new wildlife film for BBC One, David Attenborough will be exploring somewhere much closer to home
“We stopped to let a herd of elephants cross the road. One huge bull decided he didn’t like us.”
Bella Falk on wild dogs, torrential rain and a grumpy elephant
"Absolutely mesmerising": aerial footage shows hundreds of sharks chasing bait balls in Byron Bay
A wildlife photographer has filmed sharks in Australia creating beautiful patterns in the sea as they swam through bait balls trying to hunt for a meal.
It stretches 106 square metres and spans two countries – and it's home to over one hundred thousand scuttling residents
This epic animal home lies in a huge cave system underneath Albania and Greece
Electric eel found in Brazil more than 150 years ago. A strange creature was just discovered on its body
A researcher who extracted the animal from the eel's skin believes it's the first recorded instance of one found attached to a fish.
Can any animal kill an orca?
No other predator is able to challenge the orca, says Melissa Hobson
10 biggest hearts in the animal kingdom, including one the size of a piano
In the animal kingdom, the creatures with the biggest hearts – relative to their size – are often the tiniest among us.
It's the largest, most powerful and deadliest bear on the planet – AND views us as prey, able to make short work of our puny bodies...
As the world's largest bear, and largest land carnivore, polar bears are impressive mammals. They are adapted to living in the harsh Arctic environment, and threatened by climate change.
10 ruthless queens that rule their worlds: Meet the female leaders that like to dominate, including murderess meerkats
From matriarchs who guide entire herds to queens that dominate their hives, the animal kingdom is full of powerful females calling the shots.
This highly venomous sniper can fire lethal toxins from 3 metres away into your eyes with deadly accuracy, leaving you in searing pain and at risk of blindness
Meet the spitting cobras – venomous snakes capable of projecting venom with remarkable accuracy to deter threats.
What’s the most intelligent animal in the ocean?
When it comes to the smartest animal in the ocean there are a number of contenders, says Melissa Hobson
Can any animal kill a blue whale? At 33 metres long and heavier than a Boeing 737, it is the largest creature ever to have lived
It would be a brave animal that took on the world's biggest creature