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Aug.BBC Wildlife No. 09 Vol. 40 THE COVER Galápagos wildlife photographer Tui De Roy found this well-fed pup on the beach endearing: “He was fascinated by his own flippers, and only just learning how to coordinate his head and limb movements so that the two would meet in mid-air”. Tui used a Nikon D4, 300mm, 1/640th sec at f5.6, ISO200. Return to Oz with these Mareeba rock-wallabies 62 Every month, only in BBC Wildlife NICK BAKER “The dusky sweep is one of 20 species of micro-moth that lives for at least part of its life in a ‘bag’” P.36 GILLIAN BURKE An emotional return to Kenya is a reminder of the passage of time and the fleeting nature of life P.1 7 BBC WILDLIFE August 2022 6 MARK CARWARDINE Colonial-era conservation models don’t respect indigenous people and should be ditched P.29 LUCY COOKE Meet the grasshopper that’s given up sex – and conquered Australia as a result P.27 MIKE DILGER The basking shark is as long as a double-decker bus and can be seen off our coasts now P.32
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I S : C H R ; M AC AQ U E I N G U E Z D O M : O S C A R ; V U LT U R E I N E R U N T E RT H : S T E FA N O M A R E E B A C O N S E RVA N CY : G A L Á PAG O S I S E ; TO RTO / A L A M Y P H OTO G R A P H Y P L AC E S I L D / W H OW E S 08 Wild Times Our monthly round up of what to spot right now, plus all the latest developments and discoveries making headlines in the wild world 30 How to see basking sharks in the UK Mike Dilger picks out the best spots to watch basking sharks in our waters this summer 36 Hidden Britain Nick Baker’s regular excursion through our microscopic world reveals a micro-moth seeking to bring back bagism 42 Cover feature: making waves Galápagos sealions are usually solitary hunters, but recently they have been seen hunting as a tightknit team with deadly precision 52 Dorset’s deadly insects Don’t be fooled by the idyllic beauty of the Dorset heathland. Among the swaying grass stems, parasitoid insects are practising dark arts. 62 Amazing photos of kangaroos Stefano Unterthiner photographed a wide variety of Australia’s iconic marsupial species, and found that contact with humans can be a life or death encounter 72 John Burton Simon Barnes and Chris Packham pay moving tribute to their friend John Burton, an unstoppable force for conservation 78 Saving Nepal’s vultures Vultures are in decline the world over, but in Nepal, designated safe zones are helping their recovery DON’T MISS... ...back-fromthe-dead giant tortoise turns out not to be extinct after all Page 15 78 Nepal is pioneering vulture recovery DiscoverMORE Read about Europe’s wild monkey ambassadors on p90 82 Q&A Can animals catch yawns off humans? 86 Go Wild Meet two men whose ambition is to make nature accessible to everyone 89 ID Guide Top tips for identifying non-native plants this summer 97 Crossword Plus Spot the Difference 98 Photo Club This month’s competition 102 Your Letters Join the debate 106 Tales from the Bush A house-hunting hermit crab discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 7

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I S

: C H R

; M AC AQ U E

I N G U E Z

D O M

: O S C A R

; V U LT U R E

I N E R

U N T E RT H

: S T E FA N O

M A R E E B A

C O N S E RVA N CY

: G A L Á PAG O S

I S E

; TO RTO

/ A L A M Y

P H OTO G R A P H Y

P L AC E S

I L D

/ W

H OW E S

08 Wild Times

Our monthly round up of what to spot right now, plus all the latest developments and discoveries making headlines in the wild world

30 How to see basking sharks in the UK Mike Dilger picks out the best spots to watch basking sharks in our waters this summer

36 Hidden Britain

Nick Baker’s regular excursion through our microscopic world reveals a micro-moth seeking to bring back bagism

42 Cover feature:

making waves Galápagos sealions are usually solitary hunters, but recently they have been seen hunting as a tightknit team with deadly precision

52 Dorset’s deadly insects

Don’t be fooled by the idyllic beauty of the Dorset heathland. Among the swaying grass stems, parasitoid insects are practising dark arts.

62 Amazing photos of kangaroos Stefano Unterthiner photographed a wide variety of Australia’s iconic marsupial species, and found that contact with humans can be a life or death encounter

72 John Burton

Simon Barnes and Chris Packham pay moving tribute to their friend John Burton, an unstoppable force for conservation

78 Saving Nepal’s vultures

Vultures are in decline the world over, but in Nepal, designated safe zones are helping their recovery

DON’T MISS...

...back-fromthe-dead giant tortoise turns out not to be extinct after all Page 15

78

Nepal is pioneering vulture recovery

DiscoverMORE

Read about Europe’s wild monkey ambassadors on p90

82 Q&A

Can animals catch yawns off humans?

86 Go Wild

Meet two men whose ambition is to make nature accessible to everyone

89 ID Guide

Top tips for identifying non-native plants this summer

97 Crossword

Plus Spot the Difference

98 Photo Club

This month’s competition

102 Your Letters

Join the debate

106 Tales from the Bush

A house-hunting hermit crab discoverwildlife.com BBC WILDLIFE 7

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