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.

ON THE BBC THIS MONTH

In praise of the eight-legged groove machine

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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

Egg ruse could save the capercaillie • Diverting nest predators to artificial feeding sites may prove a lifeline for Scotland’s declining birds

Tiny satellites detect fire • New technology set to save millions of animals from wildfires

Orangutans up close

wild SEPTEMBER • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS RESTORATION

Montana dinosaur named

Why are orcas ramming boats? • Most scientists believe that the ocean predators are only playing, but not everyone agrees

CULTURAL FADS

GILLIAN BURKE • “I’ve been forced to concede that grasses are incredibly beautiful”

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES • Sticking their necks out for motherhood

MARK CARWARDINE • “There is absolutely no evidence that killing badgers reduces the incidence of TB in cattle”

AT A GLANCE

BABY LOVE • Madagascar is the place to see these charismatic primates in the wild

LOOK CLOSER

STUCK ON YOU • A tiny, forest-dwelling creature with a secret weapon

Chew it over

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CATS UP CLOSE • We go behind the scenes of the ambitious and thrilling new BBC series, Big Cats 24/7

Meet the stars

GREAT ESCAPE • The remote and rugged Cape York Peninsula is one of Australia’s largest wildernesses, guarding extraordinary natural treasures

EIGHT-LEGGED THERAPIST • How the unlikely pastime of tarantula-watching helped one woman overcome her anxiety

Here comes the sun • Solar power is a necessary part of our journey to Net Zero. But its impact on wildlife is less clear.

Solar stats

MAGIC IN THE MEADOW • Easily overlooked in the long grass and at risk of extinction, aquatic warblers are being given a helping hand thanks to a translocation project in the marshlands of eastern Europe

Where is Lithuania?

Feathers in the fenmire • Conserving aquatic warblers benefits a host of other birds, including these five…

Field of dreams

What are tentacles?

Where is Snake Island?

What’s the difference between crabs and lobsters?

What’s the largest flying bird?

Eye contact

Why do we say ‘frog in the throat’?

FAST ANSWERS

Marsupials & monotremes

ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Beluga whale

A BELUGA WHALE’S SPECIAL FEATURES

Photo CLUB

SNAP-CHAT • Jon A Juarez on foxes in the city and sand in the camera

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