BBC Wildlife Magazine

BBC Wildlife Magazine is a celebration of the natural world, featuring all the latest discoveries, news and views on wildlife, conservation and environmental issues. With strong broadcasting links, authoritative journalism and award-winning photography, BBC Wildlife Magazine is essential reading for anyone with a passion for wildlife who wants to understand, experience and enjoy nature more.

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Wild Lives

Wild TIMES • The latest news, photography and seasonal wildlife highlights

Rainforests can recover – quickly • Protected tropical forests can regain lost biodiversity faster than previously thought

Ravens forecast wolf kill sites • Instead of trailing predators, clever corvids use landscape patterns to find their next meal

A journey through time • Chris Packham explores the origins of life on Earth

BAD VIBRATIONS

Nightingales singing loud • Nature reserves have growing numbers

The race for reds • Scientists pin hopes on a new contraceptive and vaccine amid stark warnings that time is running out

wild JULY • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

MARK CARWARDINE • The endearing kākāpō is staging a bit of a comeback, thanks to a painstakingly managed conservation effort

WILD IN THE CITY • In Cape Town, the local penguins have found a place in many people’s hearts, helping to secure their future

KATE BRADBURY • “A lone grasshopper warbler stopped me in my tracks”

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND • Advanced social skills and excellent teamwork help these cetaceans thrive around the world

DIGGING IN THE DIRT • An underground dweller built for effcient burrowing

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WALKING WITH GIANTS • In the wilderness of Botswana’s far east, a new generation of elephants is thriving, guided by protective females

MOVING ON UP • Flamboyant in appearance, the hoopoe is a welcome Mediterranean sight – and a bird with varied cultural resonance. Might Britain’s warming climate enable it to colonise the country?

MAGIC JOURNEY • Spring brings more than a million cranes to Nebraska’s Platte River, as they touch down during their epic trip north. This is America’s Great Migration

MELODY MAKERS • Tropical birds create some of nature’s most memorable and dramatic acoustic shows

LONDON CALLING • Peregrine falcons are rapidly adapting to urban life, nesting on the capital’s spires and skyscrapers, and preying on its pigeons

The Wildlife Photography Awards • A showcase of the winning and highly commended images from this year’s competition

Is there wildlife on Alcatraz Island?

Do animals give themselves names?

Do alpha males really exist?

Why do some mushrooms glow?

Can baby birds ‘talk’ to each other while in their eggs?

What’s the largest migration in the world?

ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Blue dragon sea slug

PUZZLES

SNAP-CHAT • Will Whitford talks elusive pumas and obliging silverbacks

Photo CLUB

A simple solution?

Into the Hoanib

“He waltzes in without invitation” • Coati in Panama