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My Way Of Thinking Mark Carwardine
BBC Wildlife

My Way Of Thinking Mark Carwardine

The conservationist discusses the threat of an oil spill in the Red Sea and invites your thoughts on the subject.

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April 2021
Lessons For The Future
BBC Wildlife

Lessons For The Future

The idea of creating a GCSE in natural history was first floated a decade ago, but is it any closer to becoming a reality? And could it help change the fortunes of our nature-depleted nation?

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10+ mins  |
April 2021
RADZI CHINYANGANYA
BBC Wildlife

RADZI CHINYANGANYA

In our series about people with a passion for a species, TV presenter and author Radzi tells us why he admires the peregrine falcon.

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2 mins  |
April 2021
BBC Wildlife

Raptors in RESIDENCE

The crowned eagles of the African rainforest don’t mind life among people. In Durban, South Africa, these raptors can be watched right from the living room.

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8 mins  |
April 2021
Foiled by a fox
BBC Wildlife

Foiled by a fox

As Robin Bennett prepared to take the perfect close-up of an urban red fox, his plans soon started to go awry.

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2 mins  |
April 2021
Tsewang Namgail Director, Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
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Tsewang Namgail Director, Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust

Conservation biologist Tsewang Namgail has focused on human and snow leopard conflict, and how the problem can best be resolved.

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2 mins  |
April 2021
BBC Wildlife

THE $80 MILLION QUESTION

The world spends a huge amount of money on orangutan conservation every year but their numbers are still declining. What’s going on, why isn’t palm oil to blame and what can we do to arrest the downward curve?

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9 mins  |
April 2021
BBC Wildlife

National ARKS

Seven decades after the UK’s first national parks were created, our largest protected landscapes should nurture thriving biodiversity. How can we make them true havens for wildlife?

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10+ mins  |
April 2021
BBC Wildlife

Danger, danger – high voltage

Starlings are known for their spectacular murmurations, but if too many gather in one place the consequences can be shocking.

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April 2021
Sahara: The Forgotten Ecosystem
BBC Wildlife

Sahara: The Forgotten Ecosystem

Journeying into the fickle and ever changing Saharan landscape reveals the hidden lives of the desert’s most-endangered species.

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8 mins  |
March 2021
Mike Dilger's: Wildlife Watching
BBC Wildlife

Mike Dilger's: Wildlife Watching

In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month advocates paying close attention to the periphery of woodlands, rather than venturing between the trees.

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5 mins  |
March 2021
Cracking The Mystery
BBC Wildlife

Cracking The Mystery

Why is the guillemot egg so shaped? ‘To stop it rolling away’ is the textbook answer. But is it correct? Follow one man's mission to get to the bottom of an evolutionary mystery.

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10 mins  |
March 2021
Hidden BRITAIN
BBC Wildlife

Hidden BRITAIN

BLUE-RAYED LIMPET

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2 mins  |
March 2021
Living lightbulbs
BBC Wildlife

Living lightbulbs

From the ocean depths to remote rainforests, bioluminescent organisms light up the natural world. We take an illuminating look at the species that glow in the dark.

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8 mins  |
March 2021
LEE DURRELL
BBC Wildlife

LEE DURRELL

In our series about people with a passion for a species, we ask naturalist, author and TV presenter Lee why she adores the ploughshare tortoise.

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2 mins  |
March 2021
On thin ice
BBC Wildlife

On thin ice

Tempted out of the hive by bright spring sunshine, these hungry honeybees quickly became frozen in their tracks.

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1 min  |
March 2021
EDGES OF EXISTENCE
BBC Wildlife

EDGES OF EXISTENCE

Riverside habitats are coming under scrutiny as the next big prospect on the rewilding landscape.

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7 mins  |
March 2021
BEYOND TOURISM
BBC Wildlife

BEYOND TOURISM

How do you create sustainable conservation without relying on tourist dollars? A new pan-African competition hopes to provide the answers…

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8 mins  |
March 2021
Family MATTERS
BBC Wildlife

Family MATTERS

Great crested grebes are known for their synchronised courtship choreography, but these birds work just as well together when it comes to raising chicks.

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4 mins  |
March 2021
Huge Marine Sanctuary Created In South Atlantic
BBC Wildlife

Huge Marine Sanctuary Created In South Atlantic

A tiny island community just made a vast contribution to protecting ocean biodiversity.

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2 mins  |
February 2021
Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching
BBC Wildlife

Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching

In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month picks his way across rocky shores, revealing the wildlife that thrives where land and sea meet.

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5 mins  |
February 2021
ON THE NOSE
BBC Wildlife

ON THE NOSE

Proboscis monkeys may be famed for their sizeable schnozzles but why do they have them? And what else is there to uncover about Borneo’s peaceful primates?

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10 mins  |
February 2021
MY WAY OF THINKING MARK CARWARDINE
BBC Wildlife

MY WAY OF THINKING MARK CARWARDINE

The conservationist discusses the ever-present threat of climate change and invites your thoughts on the subject.

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February 2021
BBC Wildlife

PARK LIFE

From building local schools to translocating 500 elephants, conservation organisation African Parks has led the way in protecting the continent’s precious wildlife.

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10+ mins  |
February 2021
BBC Wildlife

THE GOLDILOCKS PLANET

Sir David Attenborough returns to BBC One with a stunning new series that fuses natural history with Earth sciences to help us understand the forces that maintain life.

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10+ mins  |
February 2021
Lost and found
BBC Wildlife

Lost and found

If you ever lose a tiger, Hakimuddin Saify seems to have a knack for tracking them down without even trying…

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2 mins  |
February 2021
Michelle Power
BBC Wildlife

Michelle Power

Parasitologist, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University

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2 mins  |
February 2021
BBC Wildlife

FLYING SOUTH

Amid glistening landscapes and colossal icebergs, there's much more to Antarctica than its populations of penguins, as any intrepid birder will discover, if willing to brave the coldest place on Earth.

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10 mins  |
February 2021
ADAM HART
BBC Wildlife

ADAM HART

In our series about people with a passion for a species, we ask science presenter and author Adam Hart why he loves the common wasp.

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2 mins  |
February 2021
50 Reasons To Be Cheerful In 2021
BBC Wildlife

50 Reasons To Be Cheerful In 2021

In the face of a devastating pandemic, organisations across the globe have continued to do battle for our most precious species and habitats. As we leave 2020 behind and look forward to a more positive year ahead, it’s time to celebrate their successes.

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January 2021