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

Giant ‘hero rats’ are solving wildlife crime • The rodents’ super sense of smell helps them detect ivory, horn and other illegal products

Calling in the canine crew • Ground-nesting birds are on the up in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, thanks to man’s best friend

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Colossal new crossing in California • World’s largest wildlife corridor on track

Photo bombing • Wildlife is being harmed by our need to get the perfect shot – and share it

wild JANUARY • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

GILLIAN BURKE • “We have always been fascinated by the effciency of social insects”

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES DOLPHINS • Meet the sponge-wearing social circle

MARK CARWARDINE • “Governments have never met a single biodiversity target in the history of UN agreements”

LET’S GET TOGETHER MACAWS AT A LICK • Clay licks deep in the Amazon explode in a riot of colour, with macaws the stars of the show

ROLLING IN THE DEEP GIANT ISOPOD • The super-sized crustacean that lives in the deepest, darkest ocean

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LIGHT ON THE NORTH • Spectacular images of Arctic foxes, reindeer and musk oxen reveal the wild beauty and diversity of Scandinavia

SURVIVAL OF THE CUTEST • We can't help being drawn to cute creatures, but our aesthetic preference both help and hinder conservation

New faces of conservation • Meet the Cinderella species with the potential to be future flagships

WHEN DOVES CRY • Turtle doves are now the UK’s fastest declining bird species, but the RSPB is on a mission to save them

TREES FOR LIFE • Community is at the heart of conservation in the tropical forests of southern Belize

Cockscomb classroom

STEPPE CHANGE • Herds of saiga have returned to Kazakhstan, but there’s a fine balance to tread

Welcoming tigers back

Which animal has the best vision?

Which mammal has the biggest litters?

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Are there any animals that live in clouds?

FAST ANSWERS

Carbon and the carbon cycle

ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Kiwi

PhotoCLUB

SNAP-CHAT • Justin Gilligan on giant spider crabs and holding hands with an octopus

wildPuzzles

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Sharing the landscape

Bald eagle comeback • By the 1960s, bald eagles were in severe decline in the USA, a result of hunting, habitat loss and use of the pesticide DDT. In the decades that followed, the species made a spectacular recovery, thanks in part to the pioneering fieldwork of one young conservationist. This is the story of Tina Morris, and of the iconic bird that she helped to restore to America’s skies.

Weird bodyparts • From pendulous noses to pseudo-penises