What awards has David Attenborough won? All you need to know about the oldest Emmy Award winner in the world
To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we’ve compiled a list of some of his various awards and accolades.
This giant underwater 'cloud' lies at the bottom of a 60m-deep sinkhole. It's concealing something ghostly
Beneath the calm surface of Cenote Angelita in Mexico lies a strange and haunting world...
Why do dead animals smell so bad and have a very distinctive 'death smell’?
If you have ever smelt a dead animal you will know it has a very distinctive death smell - like nothing else on Earth. Here's why...
9 animals that could take on (and probably kill) a saltwater crocodile: Just which creatures are able to take on one of the world's deadliest animals?
Although they are apex predators in their own habitats, saltwater crocodiles do face threats from other animals. Here are 9 that are capable of killing a saltie
Is it an otter or a cat? Long-bodied, short-legged and weasel-headed, this is one of the most bizarre felines on the planet
All you ever needed to know about the jaguarundi
Deep enough to swallow skyscrapers and filled with deadly toxic gases, it plunges so far into Earth even robots have never reached the bottom
Extreme depths, low visibility, acid water and unbreathable surface air: welcome to the world’s deepest known freshwater cave, the Hranice Abyss
A real-life kraken monster? At 19m it was longer than a railway carriage, devilishly smart and able to crush prey with a devastatingly lethal bite...
This giant cephalopod dwarfed mosasaurs and other massive marine reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs…
David Attenborough’s 7 greatest firsts, from killer fungi and hydroplaning dolphins to mating slugs and birds imitating car alarms
David Attenborough’s nature documentaries have captured some first-time animal behaviours over the years on film – here are just some of them.
It's the ultimate master of deception, able to impersonate 13 other animals, from deadly sea snakes to flamboyant lion fish - quite the mimic
This creature is full of deception, switching its appearance between a host of venomous marine species to confuse and evade potential predators
David Attenborough at 100: All the TV shows celebrating the legendary broadcaster’s birthday
As David Attenborough turns 100, there are plenty of programmes to watch on the BBC that celebrate his remarkable life and career
Birds
"They can survive up to an hour in the icy water and use razor-sharp protruding teeth to scrape away ice."10 amazing, remarkable Antarctic animals...
Discover the most remarkable, captivating wildlife that thrives in one of the least hospitable places on Earth – Antarctica
It has a dagger beak, red throat and torpedo body – and its eerie cry is echoing across remote lochs
The red-throated diver, or red-throated loon, has one of the most evocative calls in the bird world.
"The only way a female avoids starvation is by being fed by males hoping to mate with her. Females might have up to five males in attendance..."
Often male birds are more colourful than their female counterparts, but the ecelctus parrot bucks the trend, as zoologist and broadcaster Lucy Cooke explains.
Crow vs raven: what's the difference between these two very similar-looking black birds?
Don't know how to tell a crow from a raven? Stuart Blackman explains how to tell the difference between these two common corvids
What's the slowest bird on the planet? Clue – it's also a pretty slow walker and fairly dumpy...
Contenders, ready! Stuart Blackman ponders which bird would win the slow race of the skies
Oregon’s biggest city was drowning in crow poop. Then a new predator came to town
As thousands of crows darken the winter skies above Portland, Oregon, it makes sense to mind your step
How to identify wildlife
Red squirrel vs grey squirrel: Think you know how they differ? Think again as the differences between these two squirrels will surprise you
We take a look at how the red squirrel differs to its American grey cousin
Brown rat or water vole: How to tell the difference between these two lookalike-rodents
When all you've seen is a flash of brown fur, it can be hard to know whether it was a water vole or rat. Though the two species tend to live in different habitats, there are areas where they overlap, potentially leading to cases of mistaken identity. So how do you tell rats and water voles apart?
Mink or otter? What's the difference between these two slippery, semiaquatic lookalikes?
How do you tell the difference between otters and mink?
LRPs, PG Tips and Jizz: Cracking the secret language of birders
You’re sitting in a hide and overhear other birders talking. The conversation ranges from ‘LRPs’ and ‘roosting Leos’ and you scratch your chin as you try to decipher their code – welcome to the world of birding jargon.
It's the fastest animal in the world and its deadly claws can catch prey mid-air: Meet one of the world's most incredible birds of prey
Peregrines are the ultimate urban predator. Learn all about them, including how to spot them ‘stooping’ to catch prey
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Plants
It rains poison, blinds on contact – and its fruit could kill: Inside the ‘Tree of Death'
"The ghostly trunks of a vast forest, submerged for tens of thousands of years, rose out of the sediment. These mighty trees had lived for hundreds of years before their watery grave"
The mystery of 60,000-year-old trees that still smell like fresh incense
"It explodes with a loud bang, flinging toxic seeds at speeds of up to 150MPH." 8 weirdest, wackiest trees on the planet, including one that walks...
Meet some of the weirdest and oddest trees on the planet
"It looks like an extra-terrestrial being that fell to Earth and behaves like a subterranean vampire." 10 weirdest, wackiest plants on the planet...
Meet some of the weirdest and oddest plants on Earth.
