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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IN FOCUS

WILDMONTH • Your essential guide to the wildlife events to enjoy during summer’s swansong.

MIKE DILGER’S WILDLIFE WATCHING • In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month reveals why the common hedgerow is so valuable, providing shelter and a year-round buffet for myriad species.

SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR

CHOICE LOCATIONS

Hidden BRITAIN

GOING OUT OF CONTROL • The fungus that makes flies do its bidding.

‘Sponging’ bottlenose dolphins stick together • Friendships formed between those that use marine sponges as a foraging tool.

Report sparks debate over the benefits of trophy hunting • Conservation groups are spilt over whether allowing killings helps protect wildlife.

Aquatic warbler • This month, Alexander Kozulin shines a spotlight on Europe’s rarest songbird.

Keeping shtum in the shallows

Northern Pinocchio frog

IN NUMBERS

Big cats are bouncing back

MARK CARWARDINE • The broadcaster and campaigner discusses the financial world’s influence on climate change, and invites your thoughts on the subject.

Jon Paul Rodríguez • Provita founder and chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission

Wasp keeps flesh fresh with gas

There are great white sharks in UK waters • Fishermen in Devon claim to have spotted this apex predator, but what are the facts?

Noise pollution hampers bird communication

Snatched from the wild and confined to a cage. Can you help change my fate?

Seeds of co ntroversy • Local councils and institutions are transforming road verges into rivers of flowers – and saving money while they do it. But are these sown ‘meadows’ any good for pollinators and other wildlife?

Pros and cons • Native verges may be less showy than sown meadows, but natural seed banks can produce astounding diversity and botanical gems.

EXPLORE THE EXTRAORDINARY • The Caribbean island of Tobago is an unspoiled paradise waiting to be discovered by nature-lovers

DID YOU KNOW?

NATURE’S GREATEST NAVIGAORS? • Manx shearwaters migrate over 7,000km from Wales to Argentina at the end of every summer but how do the birds know where to go? A study on Skomer Island is trying to find the answer.

Manx shearwater migration route • The seabirds travel over 7,000km on their southbound journey and even longer distances on their return leg.

Record breakers: counting the years • We know that captive species can live a long time but some recorded wild birds can also exceed lifespan expectations.

Fish out of water • Patrolling its stretch of mudflats, the territorial mudskipper defends a habitat that’s neither land nor sea.

Can we fix it?

Land ahoy!

Fleeting GLIMPSE • The Tapanuli orangutan was recognised as a new species less than two years ago but is already under threat from a hydroelectric dam project that will impact its Sumatran forest home. Tim Laman’s images reveal the beauty and fragility of the rarest great ape in the world.

Reflections of past lives 2011 • The shadow of a squirrel in an abandoned house inspires questions about our ever-changing relationship with nature.

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