CONTENTS
FEATURES
32 News:HS
Whatwillbethehigh-speedrai
impactonwildlifeandhabitats42 SeaeaglesinOxford
TheIsleofWight’sreintroduce
white-tailedeagleshavebeen
exploringthesouthofEngland48 Ontopoftheworld? COVE
TheriseinArctictourismandw
mightmeanforourplanet54 Photostory:koalasCOVER
Howthemarsupialsarecoping
thedevastatingfiresinAustrali64 Hedgerows COVERSTORY
There’smoretotheseoverloo
ecosystemsthanmeetstheeyOURWILD
WORLD
87 Athome
NaturalhistoryTV,booksandmore91 Workingfornature
WhySteveWellskeepsaneyeontrees92 Puzzles
94 Yourphotos
96 Feedback
YourlettersandTalesfromtheBushREGULARS
6 Infocus
Housesparrowandwalruses78 Behindtheimage
Blackpanther8 Q
WILDMONTH
10 Sevenspeciestospot
WhattolookforinApril16 MikeDilger’swildlife
watching
Howabandonedquarrieshave
becomea havenformyriadspecies21 NickBaker’shiddenBritain
Bullheads22 News
Evidenceofspecialbondsbetween
chimpanzeefathersandsons25 Conservationreport
Guamrail27 MarkCarwardine
Theconservationistscrutinisesthe
accuracyofwildlifestatistics28 Meetthescientist
A lookbackontheworkofecologist
ZeddySeymour29 Truthor ction?
Dowildlifemarketsspreaddisease?April 2020 BBC Wildlife 573 UnnaturalselectionCOVERSTORY
Humansareshapingthecourseof
evolutionatincrediblespeedCOVERSTORYCOVER STORYThe people
behind our stories
April 2020
LIA LEENDERTZ
Hedgerows have much more to o er
than simply creating boundaries,
according to gardening writer Lia.
“Hedgerows support dozens of
invertebrates, mammals and birds.
And all in a strip less than 2m wide,”
she says. See pHELEN PILCHER
Science writer Helen takes a look at
our impact on evolution. “Now humans
can deliberately amend the DNA of
living things. We can rewrite the code
of life, but this is only the beginning,”
she says. See pDOUG GIMESY
Documenting the aftermath of
fires in Australia was an emotional
experience for wildlife photographer
Doug: “I couldn’t believe how quiet it
was. No birds, no frogs, no insects.
It was so, so sad.” See pJAMAL EDWARDS MBE
Entrepreneur Jamal shares his love
of the black garden ant, and nature
in general. “My passion for wildlife
laid the foundations of an amazing
film-making career,” he says.
See p