Feb.

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THE COVER

This months cover image of a white rhinoceros was taken in Kenya by Dubai-based wildlife photographer Baishakhi Mazumder. It took a small break from grazing and looked directly into my camera  it was a fraction of a second before it went back to eating, she says. Baishakhi used a Nikon Z9, 400mm, 1/640th sec at f9, ISO640.

SQUIRREL: A J WITHEY/GETTY; CARIBOU: MARK RAYCROFT; SEAHORSE: JOO RODRIGUES; GULL: DAVID HUP

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NICK BAKER

Learn about the beetle larvae that dare to scavenge scraps from spider webs P.40

GILLIAN BURKE

Our regular columnist on new research into the impact of humans on animal behaviour P.19

MARK CARWARDINE

The strain of bird flu running amok on four continents originated in intensive poultry farms in China P.33

LUCY COOKE

The working lemur mums sharing the parenting load with communal crches for multiple litters P.29

MIKE DILGER

Some butterflies and bumblebees overwinter in adult form, emerging in February P.36