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Watch how the world's biggest spider immobilises its prey – and keeps predators at bay

With a leg-span nearly a foot wide and a very particular defence mechanism, Goliath bird-eaters are truly lethal hunters. Footage from the show "World's Weirdest".

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Discover the world’s largest urban rooftop farm.

In Paris, farming on a rooftop is not just an idea. Here crops are grown without soil with a specialised system of pipes that showers a nutrient-rich water mixture. Footage from the show Europe from Above.

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The incredible birth of a baby Kangaroo

A newborn kangaroo is barely bigger than a jellybean. It must crawl from one of its mother's two uteri, and climb up her body to reach the safety of her pouch! Footage from the show "World's Weirdest".

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National Geographic Magazine

August 2021

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Unpicking the real life stories of history's most infamous – and misunderstood – 'entertainers'.

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A bloodthirsty fight to the death in which two warriors enter, and one leaves? The truth is that nine out of ten gladiators survived a match.

Now, archaeologists are unpicking facts from the many fictions of Rome's ancient bloodsport – in a quest that has taken them across the ancient empire, and to legend that lives on to the present day.

Also in the August 2021 edition of National Geographic:

Glass frogs
Modern hunger
Sharks under threat
The Kalahari

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Witnessing the fiery formation of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland's newest volcano

Earlier this year, the world was transfixed by images of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland’s newest volcanic fissure, spewing molten lava and ushering in a fresh wave of tourism.

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How people-powered conservation is helping to revive the UK's national parks

Seventy years since the UK’s first national parks were created, they’re receiving more visitors than ever. But with rising tourist footfall and declining biodiversity, hands-on help to preserve our parks is vital.