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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Put on your winter coat • As the days become shorter, mountain hares cloak themselves in a ghostly white camouflage

Suprisingly smart jellies • Caribbean box jellyfish reveal advanced learning despite having no brain

Restoring the Galápagos • Twelve locally extinct species are set to be reintroduced to Floreana Island, following the removal of invasive mammals

Britain’s wildlife crisis • Recent State of Nature report warns that one in six species in the UK are at risk of extinction

Partridge (not) in a pear tree • Spot this festive farmland bird by casting your eyes down instead of up

ORIGIN OF PIECES • A horse’s chestnut

GILLIAN BURKE • “Is the Paris Agreement honeymoon well and truly over?”

TIME TO CHILL OUT

Keith Dobell • The retiree cares for a park, an old railway track and a wood in his home county of Northamptonshire

Ocean superheroes • Release of 10,000 oysters in North East England promises to improve water quality and marine life

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Glimmer of hope for Africa’s rhinos • Latest survey reveals promising population increase

FESTIVE FRUITS

Ancient woodland still at risk from HS2 • Scrapping the northern phase has spared some sites, but woodlands and reserves remain under threat

Soaking up some winter sun • Look out for overwintering butterflies during mild spells this December

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES • Lucy Cooke explains why the females of this Christmas icon have antlers too

Miniature forests • Colourful cushions of redshank moss sprout in lowly places

POO CORNER • European rabbit

LET’S GET TOGETHER • Remember to look up this Christmas to enjoy gangs of ‘pied wags’ gathered in the trees

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SOMETHING INSIDE VAMPIRE SPIDER • Too small to bite a human, this arachnid manages to get a taste of the red stuff elsewhere

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MOUNTAIN MISSION • Canada lynx and wolverines are secretive creatures, but dedicated scientists in Montana are tracking them to inform conservation

BIG LITTLE JOURNEYS • A closer look at the small-but-mighty animals that must travel vast distances to survive

Painted turtle Canada, USA and Mexico • The long and dangerous road to home

Ancient murrelet North Pacific islands • A quick dash followed by a long swim

Golden-headed lion tamarin Brazil • With the forest empty, it’s time to move on

Taiwanese pangolin Taiwan • A scaly mammal on a mission to find a mate

Atlantic salmon Atlantic Ocean • One great migration from river to sea – and back again

Labord’s chameleon Madagascar • The only way is up for this short-lived reptile

Water vole United Kingdom • Searching high and low in the Scottish Highlands

European eel Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea • From the Sargasso Sea to the...