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 TIMES • The latest news, photography and seasonal wildlife highlights

Crocodiles taught not to chow down on toxic toads • Aversion therapy proves a lifesaver for Australia’s reptiles

Mapping graveyards • New Zealand’s endangered birds are following path of extinct ancestors

Secret World of Sound

wild OCTOBER • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

COUNTING ELEPHANTS IN THE CONGO

Thailand’s tigers are on the up

Can cattle help wildlife? • Beef production gets a bad rap, but in some situations cows can aid conservation

GOOD GRAZERS

GILLIAN BURKE • “I try to imagine our planet through the eyes of migrating birds”

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES PRAYING MANTIS • Let’s hear it for praying mantis mums

MARK CARWARDINE • “It is illegal to kill most songbirds in the EU. But the legislation is hardly worth the paper it is written on.”

AT A GLANCE

COME FLY WITH ME MIGRATING STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BATS • Every year, hundreds of thousands of bats flock to Zambia to feast on a bounty of fruit

TOP FIVE PLACES • Where to see wildlife in Zambia

LOOK CLOSER

MR BIG STUFF AUSTRALIAN HORROR MOTH • When it comes to wooing a female, size matters for this colourful moth

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Save when you subscribe to the digital edition • BBC Wildlife magazine is full of breathtaking photos and fascinating features on the most interesting animals and habitats in the UK and around the world. With the latest news and conservation issues, practical expert advice and ideas for really wild days out, you will understand and enjoy nature more.

FINDING SANCTUARY • There’s a special place in Sierra Leone that offers refuge to chimpanzees in need

How to bring up a chimp • Young chimps go through three stages of care after they arrive at Tacugama

REALM OF THE BEAR • A small, shy population of rare Apennine brown bears survives in the forested mountains of central Italy

“Do we always have to decide what should live and where?” • Nature has been allowed to take its course across two decades in a Norfolk garden, with surprising and ingeniously creative outcomes

DE-EXTINCTION THE LAZARUS SCIENCE • The ability to bring species back from the dead is about more than playing God – it can aid conservation too

How de-extinction science helps endangered species • When a species rebounds from near extinction, the last individuals leave a genetic legacy. Populations descended from small founder numbers lack the genetic diversity needed for long-term survival, but advances in genomics and assisted reproductive techniques are already being used to help them.

INSPIRED BY NATURE • Meet the animals that have helped improve human medicine

Giraffe • Improved ventilators

Ant • Managing a pandemic

Koala • Good gut health

Frog • Life-saving equipment

Midge • Painless injections

Crane • Temperature regulation

Naked mole rat • Secret to longevity

White-blooded fish • Understanding...