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BBC Wildlife No. 11 Vol. 40

THE COVER “The Arctic fox is one of my favourite species to photograph,” says British photographer Danny Green. “I can’t understand why people still wear fur, trapping thousands of animals a year. Its fur coat looks better on the fox.” Danny used a Canon EOS-1DX MKII, EF500mm, 1/2000th sec at f4, ISO1600.

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Ring-tailed coatis in Brazil aren’t just relying on natural food sources

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NICK BAKER

The larvae of a parasitic hoverfly live in the brood chambers of ant colonies, grazing on ant young P.40

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GILLIAN BURKE

The biologist and presenter explores what the summer’s drought means for British trees P.1 9

MARK CARWARDINE

There are much-needed new penalties against hare coursing, but will they act as a deterrent? P.33

LUCY COOKE

“Female dunnocks take two ‘husbands’, mating with them 250 times to start a family” P.29

MIKE DILGER

“Leaping salmon put on a display that rivals any performance of our feathered friends” P.36