BBC Wildlife

BBC Wildlife is a British glossy, all-colour magazine about wildlife, operated and published by Immediate Media Company. It produces 13 issues a year.

BBC Wildlife

Cover of 60th anniversary issue (January 2023)
Editor	Paul McGuinness
Categories	Nature
Frequency	Monthly
Total circulation (January to December 2021)	27,247 [1]
First issue	January 1963
Company	Immediate Media Company
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
Website	www.discoverwildlife.com
ISSN	0265-3656

BBC Wildlife was launched in January 1963 as Animals Magazine, edited by filmmaker Armand Denis.^[2] In 1974 the magazine was renamed Wildlife,^[2] and in November 1983 the magazine joined BBC Magazines as BBC Wildlife.^[2]

From 1981, and for 23 years, it was edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox. In May 2004, BBC Wildlife moved to Origin Publishing, which became Immediate Media, and Sophie Stafford took over the editorship after working as a section editor for two years. In 2013, Matt Swaine took over the reins, followed by Sheena Harvey in 2015. The current Editor, Paul McGuinness, took over in May 2019.

Editions are now numbered such that the January 2005 edition was volume 23, number 1.

Regular contributors

Regular columnists include:

• Mark Carwardine
• Nick Baker

Regular writers include:

• Chris Packham
• Amy-Jane Beer
• Tim Birkhead
• Helen Scales
• Stephen Moss