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 • What’s happening right now

Twilight hunters • Dusk is the perfect time to look for short-eared owls as they hover then swoop on unsuspecting prey

Wild Scandinavia • Head north with BBC Two for a winter wildlife spectacle to remember

American cicada fest • Every 13 and 17 years periodical cicadas emerge and turn their forest habitat into a very different place

Mammoth tusks being traded as elephant ivory • Conservationists fear a rise in the ice-ivory trade poses a new threat to elephants and the environment

Nature’s bubble wrap washes up on seashore • Beachcombing in the wilds of winter can bring fascinating rewards

ORIGIN OF PIECES AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY • A giraffe’s neck

GILLIAN BURKE • “The co-evolution of fire and plants runs deep, and continues today”

SYNCHRONISED SPINNING

Gabriel Hemery • The forest scientist discusses his lifelong love of trees and the inspiration behind his latest book

World’s ‘rarest duck’ comes home • The Madagascar pochard returns to island wetland after absence of more than 30 years

Kodama jujutsu

Monk parakeets may know who’s speaking • Recordings made in Barcelona show these social birds have individual ‘voiceprints’, like humans

CAT AND MOUSE

Menopause seen in chimpanzees • Females experience a loss of reproductive function, but the evolutionary benefits remain uncertain

JONATHAN AND ANGIE SCOTT • “The experience is becoming more akin to a circus”

Tapping out a rain dance • Black-headed gulls, like other gulls, have a smart way to woo earthworms

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES GREY SEAL • Lucy Cooke explains the strong bond between mother and pup

Dark matters • Herald moths will emerge in spring but for now they rest up

POO CORNER ID GUIDE • Hyena

TURNING JAPANESE BATHING JAPANESE MACAQUES • The sight of snow monkeys enjoying a long hot soak is sure to raise a smile

TOP FIVE PLACES • Other spots to catch up with Japan’s wildlife

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IT’S COLD OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND BAT FLY • The strange flightless fly that can be found cosying up with bats

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ONE MAN AND HIS FROG • High in Ecuador’s cloudforests, Jaime Culebras is on a mission to save a rare and lonely frog

Meet the heroes • The five other remarkable people who feature in the final Planet Earth III episode

ARCTIC SURVIVOR • After a century recovering from hunting, the Svalbard reindeer now faces the challenges of life in a warming world

Voyage of hope • Two centuries after Charles Darwin set sail on HMS Beagle, a global conservation project is following the naturalist’s journey of discovery around the world

WHAT LIES BENEATH • An ancient and mysterious eel-like creature lurks on France’s riverbeds

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