Homepage

Accessibility links

  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
BBC Account
Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
Close menu

What is BBC Future?

Earth

Future Planet

Health Gap

Sustainability on a Shoestring

Time: The Ultimate Guide

The Next Giant Leap

Green Tech

Best of BBC Future

Latest

Loading

Uniquely Human

White-spotted pufferfish (Credit: Andrey Nekrasov/Getty Images)
Uniquely Human

The animals that create art

By Jasmin Fox-Skelly

(Getty)
Uniquely Human

Why animals love touchscreens

By Jason G Goldman
(Science Photo Library)
Uniquely Human

How animals deal with infection

By Jason G Goldman
(BBC)
Uniquely Human

What animal art looks like

By Jason G Goldman
Watch out, if an octopus doesn't like you it will remember this for a long time (Getty Images)
Uniquely Human

The alien brains living on Earth

By Jason G Goldman
(Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

Do animals have sex for fun?

By Jason G Goldman
The pufferfish produces a toxin that is numbing if ingested in small amounts by dolphins, but also highly dangerous (Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

The animals that take drugs

By Jason G Goldman
(Getty Images)
Uniquely Human

What do animals dream about?

By Jason G Goldman
(Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

Can we drive our own evolution?

By Jason G Goldman
(Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

Can you die of a broken heart?

By Jason G Goldman
Capuchin monkeys have been observed caring for the young of other species (Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

Why do animals adopt?

By Jason G Goldman
(Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

Human vs animal: Who throws best?

By Jason G Goldman
(AFP/Getty)
Uniquely Human

Being watched? Why that’s good

By Jason G Goldman
How our minds spot right or wrong (Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

How our minds spot right or wrong

By Jason G Goldman
(Thinkstock)
Uniquely Human

Is this an accident or malice?

By Jason G Goldman
(Science Photo Library)
Uniquely Human

Can this sneaky chimp read minds?

By Jason G Goldman

Explore the BBC

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you
  • Advertise with us
Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

You might also like:

news | sport | weather | worklife | travel | future | culture | world | business | technology