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 • The latest news, photography and seasonal wildlife highlights

Onagers gallop back to Saudi Arabia • Rare subspecies fills the desert niche left by its extinct relative

Protect the prey and the lions will roar • Study proves that lions thrive when snaring is reduced

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ECOLOGICAL SANCTUARY

Oyster reefs in ruins • Vital habitat is all but lost from Europe’s seas

Front lines for nature • Inside the ambitious UK project rallying local communities to fight for wildlife

Out in the cold • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

GILLIAN BURKE • “Many of us have been disconnected from the miracle that is water”

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES VAMPIRE BATS • Vampire bats make for blood-spewing besties

MARK CARWARDINE • “Europe seems hellbent on creating the most hostile environment for bears possible”

THE CALLING COMMON CRANE COURTSHIP • As winter rolls into spring, Britain’s tallest bird sings and dances through our wetlands once again

FOREVER YOUNG TRILOBITE BEETLE • The prehistoric-looking insect that never grows up

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LIONS OF THE OCEAN • Drawn to seas rich with prey, California sealions gather in colonies off Mexico’s Pacific coast. Photographer Henley Spiers captures the lifestyle of these swift and agile hunters

CROSS COUNTRY • Translocating elephants is no mean feat – but it’s helping this iconic mammal to reclaim its historic lands

WALKING WITH PENGUINS • Mourning her late husband, photographer Ursula Clare Franklin needed a new direction. Soon she was travelling the world, on a quest to photograph her favourite animal, the penguin – all 18 species of them

“Satellites and space tech play a huge role in protecting the natural world” • Far above our heads, space technology is supporting conservation in exciting and vital ways

BIRDS THAT BREAK THE RULES • Discover the extraordinary birds that defy nature’s norms

Q&A

What is the largest snail?

Orange crush

FAST ANSWERS

Why social insects are superorganisms

ALL YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE Cane toad

Photo CLUB

SNAP-CHAT THE INSIDE WORLD OF WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY • Sue Daly talks crustaceans, currents and cold-water coral

wild PUZZLES

Cute characters can help to campaign for survival

Coming to America

Rainbow animals • Meet the multicolour marvels of the natural world