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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The state of our rivers is a case of muddy waters

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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wild TIMES • What’s happening right now

It’s behind you! • Surf’s up for playful bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Texas

Waxwing winter • An ‘invasion’ of these berry-loving birds has arrived in the UK

Strange song of sei whales heard off Falkland Islands • The “eerie swishes and whooshes” of this scarce whale have been recorded for the first time

COP27 “fails to deliver” • No phase-out for fossil fuels but nature-based solutions to climate crisis gain support at United Nations climate change conference in Egypt

Catch me if you can • Watch male grey squirrels chase females up trees

Snap the pigeon

FACT.

Putting on a puppet show • Take a moment to enjoy winter craneflies bobbing on invisible strings

ORIGIN OF PIECES AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY • A coot’s foot

GILLIAN BURKE • “Bird and brother would work together with precision timing”

BIG BIRDS

Now look here

Christoph Grueter • Senior lecturer at the University of Bristol’s school of biological sciences on foraging bees

Throwing tantrums • Octopuses need their personal space, and they have a unique way of making sure they get it

Litoria insularis

No show

Lost & Found • Alpine accentors, Suffolk/Norfolk

OUT AND ABOUT

Cost saving

Persecution of raptors at a high level • The illegal shooting, trapping and poisoning of birds of prey continues

COLLECTIVE NOUNS • A bale of turtles

Beach treasure • Wrap up warm and visit a shore to search for the skeletal remains of sea urchins

UP DOWN

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES • Lucy Cooke on the primates that rely on a community to raise their young

Room to grow • Long-tailed tits are master builders that create flexible nests

POO CORNER • Long-eared bats

BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE PLACES FOR WILDLIFE 60 YEARS • To celebrate 60 years of BBC Wildlife we want to find the nation’s favourite wild place in the UK – and we need your votes! See the 60 shortlisted places and cast your vote at discoverwildlife.com/60faves.

MARK CARWARDINE • “Last summer, we experienced the worst outbreak of avian flu ever”

Sharks finally given greater protection • Historic vote regulates global trade in shark fins, but threat remains from the trade in shark meat

Nature’s soap operas

NEXT ISSUE • COMMON TOAD

I’M COMING OUT • Catch pollinators searching for nectar on sunny February days, fresh from their winter slumber

GOOD VIBRATIONS • The daring beetle larvae with a surprising defence tactic to thwart spider attacks

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RHINO ROAD TRIP • A pioneering translocation initiative is helping to secure the future of southern white rhinos in Africa

The bigger picture • A ground-breaking community-centered conservation project

The little fish clinging on in stormy seas • A local community is coming together to save seahorses living in the Algarve’s lagoons

GULLS ON FILM • Urban gulls are considered a pest in Dutch cities, but these intelligent birds are simply responding to habitat stress

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