CONTENTS

December 2017

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How breeding centres in China are helping the giant panda to bounce back (even though this one is not exactly bouncing!)

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Wild

6 Robin Redbreast

Familiarity and tameness makes this member of the chat family very popular 8 December highlights

Look out for roe deer, goosanders, marsh tits and festive holly 11 Hidden Britain

Nick Baker on possibly the toughest creatures on Earth 12 Wild events

Take part in a merry wildlife quiz and pull a Christmas tree 14 Latest science research

Jellyfish that need their sleep, alien species hitchin’ a ride on marine debris and a 0.5m-long rat

4 BBC Wildlife

Features

20 Electric blues

Cover story Meet the pretty sharks found off Cornwall 28

Benefits after Brexit? What leaving the EU could mean for the UK’s wildlife 34 Our newest relative

Another great ape has been discovered

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Where to visit for lemurs

36 Wonder of Antarctica

Cover story Artwork from an exciting polar adventure 46 Not the enemy

Cover story What makes European mink different to American mink? 68 Who lives in a house like this? Cover story These insects live in vast super-societies 75 See the stars of

Blue Planet II Join our reader holiday to encounter walruses 76 Panda crèche

Cover story Heart-warming pictures showing breeding success for China’s national animal

Agenda

57 Last gasp for rare porpoise

Why the plan to save the vaquita could be flawed 58 Birdcrime report 2016

The rate of raptor persecution is highest in North Yorkshire 59 Beyond the headlines

Are wolves to blame for the death of a tourist? 60 Sunda clouded leopards

Loss of habitat due to palm-oil plantations threatens these felines 63 Mark Carwardine

All you need to know about rhino poaching 64 The true cost of meat

How our appetites are harming wildlife

December 2017