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How to watch 'Kingdom' — TV and streaming details for David Attenborough's new BBC series

By Patrick Fletcher published

It's billed as "one of the most ambitious wildlife series ever made" — here's how to watch David Attenborough's "Kingdom" online from anywhere.

Animals
An African social spider seen from the top.

Watch 1,000 baby spiders devour their mothers and aunties alive in stomach-turning, first-of-its-kind footage

By Sascha Pare published

Footage from the BBC's new nature series "Parenthood" shows African social spiders committing matricide and cannibalizing their elderly relatives. Even Sir David Attenborough was horrified.

Spiders
Sir David Attenborough opens the Turner and the Thames, Five paintings at the artists house in Twickenham on January 10, 2020 in London, England.

9 surprising facts about David Attenborough as he turns 99

By Lydia Smith published

Happy birthday! British naturalist David Attenborough celebrates his 99th birthday on May 8, 2025. Here are some incredible facts about the iconic broadcaster.

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Museum Alive with David Attenborough

How to watch 'Museum Alive with David Attenborough', as US streaming begins for CGI-fueled documentary

By Patrick Fletcher published

The CGI-fueled documentary explores the extinct species in the Natural History Museum – here's how to watch David Attenborough's Museum Alive online and on TV.

Animals
A spider infected with zombie-spider fungus (Gibellula attenboroughii) on the ceiling of a cave.

'Zombie' spiders infected by never-before-seen fungus discovered on grounds of destroyed Irish castle

By Patrick Pester published

A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

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reconstruction of a pliosaur about to attack an ichthyosaur in the Jurassic ocean

Watch 30-foot Jurassic sea monster come back to life in David Attenborough's new pliosaur show

By Hannah Osborne published

In 2022, fossil hunters noticed a snout sticking out of a cliff face on the Jurassic Coast. It turned out to be one of the largest and most complete pliosaur skulls ever discovered.

Extinct species
Aerial view of great white sharks among seals as they gather near the shore in the shallows of clear turquoise water.

Watch great white shark get mobbed by gang of seals in 'incredible and surprising' footage

By Sascha Pare published

Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa.

Sharks
The Prehistoric Planet 2 first look image features a mother and baby dinosaur.

Watch stunning preview of 2nd season of Apple TV+ award-winning show 'Prehistoric Planet'

By Sascha Pare published

The new episodes, which will be available to watch from May 22, 2023, will transport viewers back to the age of dinosaurs with stunning visual effects.

Dinosaurs
A pair of sauropods share a tender moment, in the trailer of a new documentary series about life during the Cretaceous.

Cretaceous dinosaurs come to life in stunning footage from 'Prehistoric Planet'

By Ailsa Harvey, Mindy Weisberger last updated

'Prehistoric Planet,' a five-part documentary series, transports viewers into the mesmerizing world of the Cretaceous period.

Dinosaurs
(left) a fossil of a precambrian jellyfish relative outlined in white; (right) a colored illustration of the same animal, which resembles a sea anemone with two cup-like structures full of short tentacles

560 million-year-old tentacled creature may be the animal kingdom's first known predator

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A fossilized animal from the Ediacaran period is likely related to modern jellyfish.

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