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

A glimpse beneath the waves • World Ocean Day and the mysterious beauty of the marine world

“They launch dazzling attacks”

Battle of the beetles • Go on a stag hunt as the dramatic ‘rutting’ season for one of Europe's largest insects is under way

Cat versus snake in new Everglades contest • Bobcat preying on Burmese python eggs is a notable first and could benefit Florida’s native wildlife

Fruity little numbers • Spider monkeys are fond of alcohol. And like humans, they can have too much of a good thing.

Star of The Green Planet • Seek out a plant celebrity this summer – June is peak flowering season for the water crowfoot

Positive sign

Coming ashore to nest • Storm-petrels visit remote UK islands to breed from May

ORIGIN OF PIECES AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY

GILLIAN BURKE • “We lie dangerously close to several planetary boundaries”

PINK AND PERKY

10 wild-inspired Pokémon • Many ‘pocket monsters’ from the computer game appear to be based on real animals.

Spider superpower

Sonam Lama • The winner of the 2022 Whitley Awards discusses red panda conservation in Nepal

Doing the maths • Stingrays and cichlids join the growing list of animals capable of performing simple sums

Nannaria swiftae

Drum roll

Lost & Found VAGRANT SPECIES DIARY • Black-browed albatross

Small talk

GUESS WHO’S BACK?

New GCSE goes ahead • Qualification in natural history to be brought into secondary schools

COLLECTIVE NOUNS WHAT’S IN A NAME? • A bellowing of bullfinches

Hidden talents • The largest shrew species in Britain has two secret weapons to deploy

UP/DOWN

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES AFRICAN LIONS • Lucy Cooke on licentious lionesses protecting their offspring

Slugs are nature’s recyclers • Look out for a common and vital garden mollusc

POO CORNER ID GUIDE • Sumatran rhino

MARK CARWARDINE OPINION • “We have a duty to ensure politicians are informed about wildlife”

UK’s largest sandbank to be fully protected • Banning of controversial fishing technique that threatens marine life framed as a ‘Brexit Bonus’

Now or never

SPIRIT IN THE SKY BARN OWLS HUNTING • As the light fades away, the ghostly barn owl takes flight, quietly quartering fields in search of voles

TOP FIVE PLACES

LOOK CLOSER

MOON DANCE GHOST MOTH • Amorous male moths bob and sway in a strange, ethereal twilight display to attract a mate

Shining light

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NIGHT LIFE • As darkness falls over the world’s oceans, strange and wonderful creatures emerge that use cunning tricks to hunt and survive in the gloom

THE ADAPTORS • As the world warms, animals are adapting. Here are six species transforming themselves in amazing ways to cope with the rising mercury.

Chilling on the rocks • Pikas benefit from a cool microclimate

Holding tight in hurricanes • The strong legs and grippy toes of a Caribbean lizard

Bears pass on...