80 colonies of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly are now thought to exist...
Animal Behaviour
Discover the world’s most exciting species with the biologists who know them best.
Discover all you need to know about the protective, parenting practice of the badger.
How do mammals that live underground survive in dark, airless burrows? What are the main challenges they face, and how do they adapt and modify their environments?
Discover all you need to know about the family life of the brown hare.
The metamorphosis from furry crawler to winged beauty is nothing short of miraculous – but how is it achieved, and what happens inside that pupa?
Red, fallow and sika deer are most exciting to watch in the autumn, when the rut begins. But not all deer are the same, so what should you look out for?
Wildlife photographer Malcolm Schuyl explores the behaviour, appeal, culture and biology of the mute swan in this beautiful gallery.
After a chance encounter with a red fox, Ian Wade's urban photography project developed into a year long passion that resulted in these intimate images.
Fergus Gill learns to track down and photograph mountain hares in the Cairngorms National Park during the summer.
In June this year, Örjan Johansson recorded the first-ever footage of wild snow leopard cubs, in Mongolia’s South Gobi Desert. BBC Wildlife Magazine's environment editor, James Fair, interviewed him about this extraordinary footage.
Slugs are vilified as slimy garden pests with revolting table manners. But Richard Jones reckons that we should give these much-maligned molluscs a second chance.



