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

Mighty migrants • Bar-tailed godwits show admirable athleticism

Return of the dragons • Endangered lizard seen for the first time in more than 50 years

Milestone for iconic eagles • For the first time in 240 years, a white-tailed eagle has fledged in the wild at a secret location in southern England

Scarlet fever • Black bryony is an unmissable hedgerow highlight

Big spot

Nothing scary to see here • House spiders start to appear indoors in search of warmth and a mate

ORIGIN OF PIECES • AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY

GILLIAN BURKE • “People still believe there’s a ticking human population time-bomb”

WHAT A HOOT

10 carnivorous plants • Not all carnivores have teeth – some species lure their prey into a deadly trap

Dormouse release

Katty Baird • National Museums Scotland volunteer and author of Meetings with Moths on documenting British Lepidoptera

Iceland suspends fin whale hunting • The groundbreaking decision lasts until late August and could spell the end of whaling in the country

Pinanga subterranea

City break

Lost & Found • VAGRANT SPECIES DIARY

Warm fish

IN VOGUE

Hummingbirds know their drink-fly limits • New research shows that one particular species can function under the influence – up to a point

Big foot or big fake?

Speedy fish • After disappearing in the 1960s, turbocharged bluefin tuna are back

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES • Lucy Cooke on the great apes forming a powerful sisterhood

Aim of the game • Adult craneflies appear in September with the purpose to mate

POO CORNER • Brown rat

SIMPLY CHRISTMAS • Be inspired to have a wonderful Christmas with our brand-new issue plus three stunning extra mags. All packed with the latest ideas for home styling, gifts, crafting, family times, cooking and baking. Get ahead for December!

MARK CARWARDINE • “Why would killer whales attack yachts in 21st-century Europe?”

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND • Catch all the action as spectacular cetaceans swim by our shores

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Celebrating the best of British countryside • Claim your FREE issue of BBC Countryfile Magazine

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE • Meet the giant woodlouse that can only survive in the damp zone between land and sea

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GIMME SHELTER • In Costa Rica, a pioneering charity is helping vulnerable sloths that have lost their homes due to deforestation

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY • An initiative in South Africa is using cameras to nurture the conservationists of tomorrow

The Wildlife Photography Awards From BBC Wildlife magazine • Celebrate the natural world and enter our new competition for the chance to win a trip to Belize

HIDE AND SEEK • The western lowland gorilla is not as familiar as its mountain cousin, but the forests of Central Africa are gradually revealing the secrets of this...