Jun.BBC Wildlife No. 07 Vol. 42

THE COVER Marine conservation journalist Shane Gross took this image of a green turtle in the Bahamas. “I spent a lot of time snorkelling with this individual,” he says. “It became so used to me that it would sometimes gently swim into me or my camera, as is happening here.” Shane used a Nikon D500, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens, 1/250th sec at f14, ISO160.

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“The pink-eared duck may look like a spoon with wings, but it’s actually more of a filter pump” P.32

GILLIAN BURKE

The biologist looks at the environmental impacts of a new global biodiversity surveillance system P.1 9

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MARK CARWARDINE

Our frank columnist gives his opinion on new British laws cracking down on peaceful protest P.25

LUCY COOKE

“Female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds don’t always obey Darwin’s rules” P.23

MIKE DILGER

“Fireflies’ bioluminescence is created by a highly efficient chemical reaction that results in light” P.28