OCTOBER 2017

BATTY ABOUT BATS Heart-warming story of an amazing hospital

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October 2017

GREAT APErevival How tracking mountain gorillas led to a baby boom

NATURAL REVOLUTION

Why a town adapted from hunting wildlife to watching it

WARTIME SECRET WhyChurchill kept quiet about a platypus

EIGHT-LEGGED

INVASION! The reason there are so many spiders about right now

21st CENTURY BIRD LIFE

GRIP, RIP AND DRIP Forget Game of Thrones – this is how a dragon gets its prey! Curious evolutionary steps taken by white storks

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WILDLIFE ON THE BBC

It’s not just entertainment, look at how it helps science