CONTENTS
July 2017
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Alaska turns into a feeding and breeding ground with the annual return of the salmon
Wild
6 A l l a fl u t t e r
July’s the best month for marbled white butterflies 8 July highlights
Glow-worms, gorse hoppers, rabbits and beetles are filling Britain’s fields and skies this month 11 Hidden Britain
Nick Baker looks into the weird world of flatworms 12 Wild events
Step back in time in Hampshire, and visit a lost world at London Zoo 14 Latest science research
What turns lions into maneaters, and the soldier ants that won’t leave a casualty behind
Features
20 Bears galore!
Discover what brings bears down to Alaska’s rivers 30
What’s the buzz? A Talking Point on the relevance of museums 36 Indian rhinos
How turning poop into paper is working for them
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What to see on a trip to Thailand
38 Migrant hawkers
It’s an interesting time for Britain’s dragonflies 44 Win Leica binoculars
Worth £825 50 Reader holiday
Looking for lynx in Spain 54 Florida springs
The complex ecosystems within these ancient freshwater pools 62 Dive! Dive! Dive!
Tales of the Bass Rock gannets and the woman who looks after them 70 African waterhole
Images of how Mozambique’s animals fare in the dry season
Agenda
45 Golden eagles in Scotland
Government rethink on raptor protection 46 Farming pressures Relation between growing soya and jaguar declines 47 Beyond the headlines
Can polar bears really survive without sea ice? 48 Arctic foxes
The challenges facing Iceland’s ‘blue morph’ foxes 51 Mark Carwardine
Demystifying the fox hunting debate 52 The Lake District
How would World Heritage Site status affect the region’s landscape and wildlife?
4 BBC Wildlife
July 2017
