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Spiders, termites, weavers, bowerbirds and beavers build on a vast scale. Five structures, with the sizes and records as each source states them.
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Explore adrenaline sports, exceptional skills and the work behind remarkable achievements.
Discover inventions, unusual gadgets and ingenious engineering. We distinguish real products from prototypes and concepts.
Discover remarkable landscapes, unusual architecture and natural phenomena—with the story behind the scenery.
Explore animal intelligence, unusual behaviour and remarkable wildlife, with context that goes beyond the clip.
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Wild & AwesomeSpiders, termites, weavers, bowerbirds and beavers build on a vast scale. Five structures, with the sizes and records…
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Wild & AwesomeRooks, crows, chimpanzees, an elephant, two dolphins and a parrot: six intelligence studies, with the task, sample and…
Wild & AwesomeFrom a 565 m penguin to a 2,992 m beaked whale: five deep-diving records, with the tags, dates…
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A spectacular photograph. An impossible-looking invention. An animal doing something unexpected. We look beyond the wow to find the explanation.
Look behind the wow →We aim to trace stories to their original sources, explain what makes them remarkable, and be clear about what’s verified. Because the story behind the wow is often the most interesting part.
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