BBC Wildlife Magazine

BBC Wildlife is a vibrant, full-color monthly magazine from the UK that focuses on wildlife topics. It is produced by BBC Magazines and published by Immediate Media Company. Originally launched in January 1963 under the name Animals Magazine, the publication was first edited by filmmaker Armand Denis. In 1974, it was rebranded simply as Wildlife, and in November 1983, it became known as BBC Wildlife after joining BBC Magazines.

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Underwater vehicle stumbles across never-seen-alive 'glass' animal in Antarctic abyss

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Daniel Graham

When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet earlier this year, scientists onboard the Falkor (too) research vessel felt compelled to see what had been living beneath it. The Schmidt Ocean Institute researchers were the first humans to explore this hidden world – and with the aid of their remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, they made some remarkable discoveries.
Weirdest butts: These are the strangest - and sometimes deadliest - arses in the animal kingdom

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Freya Parr

We might lead from the front, but our back ends are anything but boring. Across the animal kingdom, butts have bizarre and sometimes life-saving roles. From launching toxic sprays and poisonous guts to breathing underwater or growing entirely new body parts, these animal butts are some of the weirdest – and most surprising – adaptations. Find out which off these butts earned their owners a spot on our weirdest sea creatures list – or, better yet, our weirdest animals list.
Magellanic penguin: meet the unlikely companion (and real-life acting superstar) in Steve Coogan’s film The Penguin Lessons

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Freya Parr

In The Penguin Lessons, we see Steve Coogan’s character Tom Michell rescue a penguin during his time teaching at a boys’ boarding school in Argentina in the 1970s. After finding the penguin soaked with oil on a beach in the Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este, he finds himself responsible for the animal and it becomes the solitary Michell’s only friend, naming it Juan Salvador.
There's a curious masked animal in the Appalachian Mountains - and every year its skeleton shrinks

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Daniel Graham

New research has revealed a remarkable seasonal survival strategy in the masked shrew – a tiny, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains of North America. Scientists discovered that these creatures shrink their bodies, skulls and even leg bones during the colder months to conserve energy. The study, led by Dr Bryan McLean from the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), found that masked shrews (Sorex cinereus) lose around 13% of their body mass in winter.
"It's like finding a diamond": 16-million-year-old animal found encased in amber on Caribbean island

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Daniel Graham

Scientists who found an ancient insect enveloped in 16-million-year-old amber in the Dominican Republic say it is the first-ever fossil of a dirt ant (a group of ants) from the Caribbean. Thelong-extinct species, named Basiceros enana, measures just over 5 millimetres in length, making it considerably smaller than its closest living ant relatives, which can grow up to 9 millimetres.
These 15 magical photos show just how uniquely beautiful octopuses can be

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Freya Parr

Octopuses aren't just intelligent creates – they're shape-shifting, colour-changing animals that we're still learning so much about. With three hearts, blue blood and a brain in each arm, these cephalods are built for adaptability. We've brought together some magical under-water photography that captures the octopus in all its glory, showing just how weird, wonderful and beautiful they can be. A longarm octopus flashes its colors at night in Anilao, Philippines.
Last seen in Brazil in 1905, this tiny insect just reappeared - in a dramatic way

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Richard Pallardy

The Myrmecophilidae are a little-known family of crickets that make their living by stealing food from ants. The approximately 200 species of ant cricket are distributed worldwide but their habits are obscure because they lurk inside ant colonies, making them difficult to track and observe. In the March issue of the journal Zootaxa,Brazilian scientists report that they have rediscovered Myrmecophilus americanus following a 120-year absence from the entomological record in their country.
Colossal squid filmed alive in deep ocean for the first time ever

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Melissa Hobson

Deep sea scientists have filmed a live colossal squid in its natural environment for the first time since the species was named 100 years ago. In a surprising twist, the individual – caught on film at a depth of 600 metres by researchers onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Falkor (too) – was a baby. Reaching up to seven metres long and tipping the scales at 500kg, the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is the heaviest invertebrate on Earth.
These marine mammals are one of the strangest and rarest in the ocean - sometimes diving more than 2.5km down?

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Debbie Graham

Beaked whales are truly strange creatures. They are the deepest-diving of all marine mammals – a Cuvier’s beaked whale set the record in 2014, at 2,992m – and spend over 90 per cent of their lives in the dark depths of the pelagic ocean. One good reason why they’re so difficult to see, let alone study. Yet they constitute our second largest cetacean family, Ziphiidae, after oceanic dolphins.
When explorers went to the Falkland Islands, a group of curious animals surrounded them

1 week ago | discoverwildlife.com | Melissa Hobson

Explorers on an expedition to the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) have shared their adorable experience of meeting a group of king penguins on the shoreline. The video shows tens of king penguins, with their characteristic orange cheeks, strutting along with their arms outstretched. Growing up to 95cm tall, king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) are the second largest species of penguin. The emperor penguin takes the crown for the largest, measuring 120cm.