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

Oceanic manta rays dive deep to navigate • Research reveals world’s largest rays go hundreds of metres below the surface to get their bearings

Birds follow the flames • In the Sierra Nevada of California, fire gives some birds a boost

Attenborough narrates new wildlife series • BBC’s Kingdom chronicles four animal families

WILDEBEEST COUNT

Rolling out the red flags • Leg-waving display of the matador bug explained

wild DECEMBER • 7 nature encounters for the month ahead

KATE BRADBURY • “I feel I am part bird at this point at the year’s end: I’m ready for spring”

WILD IN THE CITY • A huge parliament of long-eared owls has made an unlikely home in a Serbian town square

YEAR OF THE CAT • Once a phantom of Chile’s windswept peaks, this plucky feline is making a comeback

ISLAND LIFE • This curious species of long-necked beetle is unique to Madagascar

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Jane Remembering • The ethologist, conservationist and humanitarian Dr Jane Goodall died in October. We reflect on the woman who gave the world hope

In the words of Jane Goodall

SNOW DAYS • High in the boreal forests of Colorado, the snowshoe hare lives a secretive life. But one photographer has gained a unique window into its world

LIFE’S A BEACH • Monkeys are overrunning Kenya’s tourist hotspots in the south of the country. Their apparent abundance in Diani, however, is not a straightforward conservation success story

A journey into sound • Progressive hearing loss prompted a memorable quest to absorb nature’s calls and choruses

LIVING WITH THE KING • Armed with skill, a team is on hand to remove India’s deadliest snake from where it doesn’t belong: inside people’s homes

THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • Great reads that make perfect Christmas gifts for wildlife lovers

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

VISIONS OF NATURE • Celebrating the winners of Wildlife Artist of the Year 2025

Do all gulls live by the sea?

Can we refreeze the Arctic?

Why are the tropics so diverse?

Do other animals have milk teeth?

Do any animals eavesdrop?

Which animal has the best sense of hearing?

What’s the rarest fish?

Magnificent frigatebird

Photo CLUB

Passions, delivered.

SNAP-CHAT • Isaac Szabo talks hellbenders, chub nests and bears on the roof

The crossword

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Heated debate

The koala paradox

“There weren’t just a few; there were hundreds” • Texas brown tarantulas in the USA

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