Debbie Graham

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Debbie Graham

The first fish-like animal appeared roughly 530 million years ago during the famous Cambrian Explosion. Since then, fish have got bigger, deadlier, and notably toothier. There are many large, deadly fish living today - take the great white shark, for example, perhaps the most feared underwater predator. However, a lot of the largest and deadliest fish lived during prehistory and a long, long time before the great white shark assumed its ‘most feared’ title.

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Debbie Graham

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from movies like Jaws, The Meg, and The Shallows, it’s not to go into the ocean if you don’t want a shark to nibble your toes – or take your entire leg off, says Melissa Hobson. But how much of a danger do sharks actually pose to humans? Discover incredible, hard to believe shark facts that celebrate this fascinating, yet much-maligned fishThere are more than 500 species of shark in the world and almost all of them are harmless to humans.

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Debbie Graham

Jurassic World: Rebirth, the seventh chapter in the legendary dinosaur saga, roars into cinemas on July 2. With Gareth Edwards directing and Steven Spielberg producing, the film promises a thrilling return to the franchise’s classic roots. Best dinosaur documentaries to watchJurassic World Rebirth was filmed across Thailand, the US and UK. Filming took place in several cities and national parks in Thailand.

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Debbie Graham

Yetis and humans aside, the highest living primate is the Yunnan (or black) snub-nosed monkey, which lives on the Tibetan Plateau at altitudes of up to 4,700m. The survival of the species on the roof of the world is no doubt aided by its dark fur, which efficiently absorbs heat from the sun. What are the smallest monkeys and primates in the world? Meet the tiny creatures of the monkey worldCounter-intuitively, these mountaineering monkeys move to the highest elevations during the winter.

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Debbie Graham

In the ocean, it never stops snowing. The ‘snow’ is a shower of dead microscopic organisms, faeces, mucous, fish scales and other organic detritus, falling constantly to the inky depths. On the way down, much is captured by filter-feeding animals, with the rest settling on the ocean floor as a thick, oozy layer of silt. It is ‘manna from heaven’ for deep-sea urchins, worms and other creatures.