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wild TIMES • The latest news, photography and seasonal wildlife highlights
Winter wellness for snow monkeys • Hot springs do more than keep Japanese macaques toasty – it’s good for their health
Rare look at shy predator • A detailed snapshot of California’s coastal marten will aid its conservation
Return to the lost world • Epic new series tells the story of the dinosaurs
WHALE FEEDING
Jaguars meow in the wild • Unusual behaviour captured on camera
Battling bird flu • The spread of avian flu to Southern Ocean islands is an alarming sign that the virus is out of control
wild SPRING • 7 nature encounters for the season ahead
WILD IN THE CITY • As thousands of crows darken the winter skies above Portland, Oregon, it makes sense to mind your step
KATE BRADBURY • “I set an alarm for these low tides so we arrive with the rising sun”
BLUE HEAVENS • For a short spell in spring, these male amphibians are suddenly and vividly transformed
TOP FOUR PLACES
GROUND CONTROL • This freakish mole-worm hybrid is well-equipped for burrowing life
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LAIR OF THE SHADOW CAT • Climb Rajasthan’s Aravalli Hills before daybreak and you may be lucky enough to glimpse one of India’s most elusive creatures: the leopard
Remains of the day • Nature’s clean-up crew, the necrobiome, transforms the fallen into a lifeline for entire ecosystems
DEVILS AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA • With the future of sicklefin devil rays hanging in the balance, crucial research is building knowledge about these graceful gliders
HOT FUZZ • Tiny, cute and charismatic, jumping spiders open the door to a new world of eight-legged wonders
HIGH AND MIGHTY • In the Colombian Andes, a bear once seen as a troublemaker is quietly winning hearts and minds
Where was the world’s biggest badger sett?
How did humans start exploring the deep sea?
Why do some animals give birth en masse?
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Do lemmings actually jump off cliffs?
Can anything survive being swallowed alive?
Which animal has the highest carbon footprint?
Do crickets chirp more in summer?
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SNAP-CHAT • Guy Edwardes on bad weather, big spiders and a brush with the police
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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Dances with wolves
Making noise
“Excuse me, sir. There is a snake” • Green mamba in Nairobi. Or was it?