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NATURE026 INCREDIBLE EVERYDAY: THE FEATHER
Fabulous facts about a natural feat of engineering038 WINTERWATCH
As the BBC begins its live Winterwatch broadcasts, we
highlight what you can expect to see at this time of year044 BLUSTERY WALKS ON THE WILDSIDE
Work off any festive excesses on a bracing hike through
some of the UK’s most beautiful nature reserves047 ON THE DOORSTEP: WILDLIFE IN WINTER
Exploring London’s wetland oases049 SMART SHOOTING
How to get nature footage like the pros on your mobile050 RARE EARTH - TIGER
With numbers on the rise for the first time in over
100 years, is the future burning bright for the tiger?086 ANATOMY OF... THE FLYING SQUIRREL
How these mammals evolved to take to the air130 CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Our series on exhibits at the Field Museum of Natural
History takes us to the Galapagos IslandsContents
SCIENCE073 DREAM JOB – ARCHAEOLOGIST
Exotic locales, priceless artefacts – and lots of mud.
Have you got what it takes to be the next Indiana Jones?108 THE SCIENCE OF BIRDSONG
Discover the striking similarities between the complex
structure of avian tweets and human language114 ANIMAL SYMPHONY
Chris Packham and musician Nitin Sawhney explore the
tunes that drive animals wild in a new documentary124 REINVENTING THE WHEEL
Biomimicry research has found an unlikely model for a new
high-performance bike wheel – the humpback whalePEOPLE032 PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS
How does BBC filmmaker and photographer Paul Williams
get his spectacular shots? Plus: share your photos with us057 ONE TO WATCH
A chat with the talented student at the start of her wildlife
filmmaking career – and the BBC mentor helping her along078 HIDDEN HIMALAYAS
Photographer Jon Nicholson lifts the lid on life in India’s
remote Ladakh region, a kingdom on the roof of the world094 ROAR AND ORDER IN SWAZILAND
How the tiny African nation is beating the poachers104 TEAM EARTH – BUMBLEBEE
Help save Britain’s brilliantly busy pollinatorsPLUMING MARVELLOUS026
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RACE TO THE RED PLANET124
REINVENTING
THE WHEEL