BBC Wildlife - October 2023

In this issue

Hidden Britain
The survival techniques of the spider-like Opilione known as the harvestman.

Natural solutions to wildfires
Clever ways to stop the landscape-wrecking outbreaks scarring the planet.

Chasing Australia’s wild budgies
On the trail of the world’s most popular pet bird as it soars in the skies of its natural habitat in the Outback..

Fattening up for Christmas

Squirrels are super-busy getting ready to survive the winter months

1 min

Highest ever ocean temperatures recorded

Experts express alarm that the average global sea surface temperature hit new highs this summer

1 min

Sweet nothings

Do honeyguide birds really help honey badgers find bees' nests? Well, probably.....

1 min

Big whale discovery

Prehistoric skeleton found in Peru rivals the blue whale as the heaviest animal to have ever lived

2 mins

Fungi gets a day in the sun

The tenth UK Fungus Day celebrates our incredibly diverse fungi species

1 min

Belinda Nalwamba

Bravery and paramilitary skills are vital as a member of Zambia's first all-female anti-poaching unit

1 min

Prickly issue

Europe's urban corvids are using anti-bird spikes from nearby buildings to make their nests

1 min

Static electricity gives ticks a boost

New science reveals how these blood-sucking, parasitic arachnids can be propelled through the air

1 min

Review protections for beavers, say MPs

Influential committee argues that the rules safeguarding the rodents are too stringent

1 min

Falsetto flocks

Tune your ears to the high-pitched calls of returning redwings

1 min

TRUE COLOURS

Summer may have gone but the trees are about to dazzle with an uplifting display

3 mins

SHAKE A LEG

Despite carefully maintaining their eight appendages, harvestmen will part with one to live another day

2 mins

FOREST DOCTORS

Chimpanzees in Gabon's Loango National Park have been observed treating each others' wounds using insects - a unique demonstration of potentially advanced cultural activity

3 mins

The burning issue

Wildfires are on the rise in the UK, but scientists have been developing innovative ways of preventing them, using the power of nature

6 mins

UNDER PRESSURE

As India's human population continues to grow and natural habitats become depleted, space for the country's elephants is at a premium

7 mins

WILD BUDGIE CHASE

This parrot's natural habitat is the Australian outback, not a cage in the living room...

8 mins

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