Tag: pkar

At home with the clan

As the rainy season brings wildebeest back to Zambia’s Liuwa Plain grasslands, spotted hyenas prepare for a feast

Q&A

Q & A Email your questions to wildquestions@immediate.co.uk Why do so few birds bear weapons? STUART BLACKMAN ANSWERS Birds lack arms in more ways than one. Avian equivalents of antlers, horns, tusks and canine teeth are few and far between – only about two per cent of our feathered friends possess specialised weapons in the […]

Go Wild

Your guide to getting closer to nature this month

Photo club

PRIZE-WINNING PHOTO Who goes there? My wife and I encountered this stag being very vocal while on a trip to see the rut at Glen Lyon. I was hidden in a copse, but he heard me when I stepped on a branch and it broke. He came to within about 50m of my position to […]

Snap-chat

Danny Green talks sinking ships and battles for sleeping bags

The crossword

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Check out the large jaws of this male stag beetle, which look like the antlers of a stag! They are used for courtship displays and in battles. How many differences can you spot between the original image (left) and the altered version (right)? You can find the answers in ‘Your Letters’. Photo: […]

Your letters

Inspiring young readers I’VE BEEN A READER OF BBC WILDLIFE FOR many years and continue to enjoy the wide variety of articles presented. I also find that I’m still continually finding out new information and ideas about the natural world. I normally pass the magazines on to an old friend, but I have now started […]