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 MONTH • There’s a frost on the ground and the trees are still bare, but nature’s hinting that spring isn’t too far away.

Hidden BRITAIN

FIGHTING INFECTION • Daphnia might teach us a thing or two…

MIKE DILGER’S WILDLIFE WATCHING • In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month picks his way across rocky shores, revealing the wildlife that thrives where land and sea meet.

SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR

CHOICE LOCATIONS

Michelle Power • Parasitologist, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Antibiotic-resistant bacteria represent an extraordinary threat to public health. Now, Michelle Power is finding these superbugs among the gut flora of wildlife.

Huge marine sanctuary created in South Atlantic • A tiny island community just made a vast contribution to protecting ocean biodiversity

New vision for Exmoor • Working alongside local farmers is key to reversing wildlife decline, says national park authority.

Gamebird licences introduced to preserve important wildlife sites

NEW SPECIES DISCOVERY

IN NUMBERS

Vertebrate declines may be exceptions, not the rule

Releasing non-native species is illegal • TV show furore highlights the role played by UK wildlife law.

MARK CARWARDINE • The conservationist discusses the ever-present threat of climate change and invites your thoughts on the subject.

NATURE BY NUMBERS • A new scoring system for habitats could allow UK developers to ‘offset’ the impact of new housing – but can you really reduce meadows to metrics?

Planning policy & net gain

THE GOLDILOCKS PLANET • Sir David Attenborough returns to BBC One with a stunning new series that fuses natural history with Earth sciences to help us understand the forces that maintain life.

Dealing with COVID • How the pandemic affected the production of A Perfect Planet .

My best bit • Producers and directors inevitably have their favourite animal sequences, so what were the standouts in A Perfect Planet ?

Interplanetary billiards

ON THE NOSE • Proboscis monkeys may be famed for their sizeable schnozzles but why do they have them? And what else is there to uncover about Borneo’s peaceful primates?

Meet the neighbours • You may be familiar with the proboscis monkey and Bornean orangutan, but what about the other primate species that share Sabah’s forests?

Technology to the rescue • Using drones and satellite tracking can be an effective way of informing rapid policy change and protecting species.

That’s quite a mouthful • Lightning-fast reflexes were needed to capture the moment a hungry humpback accidentally snagged a sealion.

PARK LIFE • From building local schools to translocating 500 elephants, conservation organisation African Parks has led the way in protecting the continent’s precious wildlife.

Explore the Parks • African Parks oversees vast areas that are home to a great variety of species...

Putting their lives on the line • AP’s highly trained rangers face numerous threats in the field.

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