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Germany’s wolves are on the up

THE COVER “I photographed this amazing mauve stinger swimming in the open sea at night, between the islands Pico and Faial in the Azores,” says Swedish conservation photographer Magnus Lundgren. He used a Nikon D810 in a Sea & Sea underwater housing, 105mm, 1/250th sec at f18, ISO400.

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NICK BAKER

“The lek period for ghost moths is defined by the period after sunset when light intensity drops” P.36

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GILLIAN BURKE

The Springwatch presenter says we must believe in the ability of humans to do good P.1 7

MARK CARWARDINE

“We need to get out of our conservation bubbles and into the real world,” says our frank columnist P.29

LUCY COOKE

“Lionesses are known to mate one hundred times with multiple males during their fertile period” P.27

MIKE DILGER

The broadcaster and naturalist tells us about barn owls’ clever flight adaptations P.32