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.
A day in the life…
The people behind our stories
IN FOCUS
WILD MONTH • Golden leaves, delicate fungi and migrant wildfowl in all their finery – it’s time to embrace autumn.
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 points out the surprising joys to be taken from the muddiest of places, teeming with invertebrates and a refuge for waders and wildfowl.
SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR
CHOICE LOCATIONS
Hidden BRITAIN • Reveals a fascinating world of wildlife that we often overlook.
Scottish beavers on the rise • Eurasian beaver numbers are expanding fast, but not without conflict with farmers and landowners.
Seabird chicks fall foul of giant centipedes • Petrels are among the unexpectedly varied diet of the very hungry arthropods.
Joined-up scheme to rewild Yorkshire
Killer tobacco plant
Chemical combo is a lethal cocktail for bees
Wind farms kill golden eagles • Colossal blades spinning through the air at high speeds – how could they not be a threat to eagles?
BBC Wildlife PHOTOGRAPHY MASTER CLASS
MARK CARWARDINE • The conservationist discusses the urgent need to make powerful individuals culpable for the environmental damage they wreak.
Alexander Bond • Senior bird curator at the Natural History Museum
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LIFE ON THE EDGE • Land and sea, air and water. Two startlingly separate realms but also inextricably linked. Ocean photographer David Doubilet has spent a lifetime capturing the space where these two worlds meet.
FADING queen • Far away in French Polynesia, a little songbird is clinging on to survival. Can the Fatu Hiva monarch beat the odds?
LIVING GIANTS • Some 30 million people a year make a pilgrimage to northern California to see the towering coastal redwoods. But can the remaining stands of these remarkable trees survive the triple scourge of climate change, drought and wildfires?
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The RIDDLE of the ROAN • Blighted by clumsy conservation attempts, habitat loss and disease, could there now be signs of hope for Africa’s second largest antelopes?
South Africa’s large antelopes
LOST SOULS • In May, a minke whale got lost in the Thames, capturing the nation’s interest. But why do whales swim up rivers? And how can they be helped?
Spotted among the trees • Capturing the perfect shot of a jaguar in the vast tropical forests of French Guiana proved a tough challenge for Emmanuel.
Q&A
The magnificence of the monarchs of the glen • A lifetime of watching and being fascinated by red deer in Scotland is showcased in this new book.
Your photos • Amazing images taken by our readers
Feedback • Want to get something off your chest? This is the ideal place
The phantom female • In the enigmatic realm of moths, even amateurs can make unexpected discoveries, as James Lowen learnt one spring.
PUZZLES • Win a prize with our crossword, and test your wildlife knowledge.
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MEGAN McCUBBIN • In our series about people with a passion for a species, we ask the wildlife TV presenter why she...