Wildlife
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Norway reprieves 32 of 47 wolves earmarked for cullUnder Norway’s endangered predator laws, only 15 lone wolves proved to pose a threat to livestock
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Ministers explore applying microbead ban to household productsOfficials have asked for more proof of microbead damage to marine life in move to extend cosmetics ban to all products washed down drain
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This is the polar bear capital of the world, but the snow has goneCanada’s Hudson Bay is as ice-free in November as on a summer’s day and polar bears could be extinct here by mid-century. If the bears are in trouble, so are we
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The endless joy of logsCountry diary: Claxton, Norfolk I recall the circumstances of the cut, how it was stored and then the moment it was sectioned to fit the fire
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Kissing cows are to blame for bovine TB – so stop this bloody badger cullScience shows cattle are the main cause of bovine TB spread, so badger slaughter makes no sense. Politics and economics are behind this catastrophic policy
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Snake in Christmas tree: Australian woman finds deadly reptile amid tinsel‘Tiger snakes are very good climbers,’ professional catcher says after call from surprised Melbourne woman
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Ziggy Stardust snake and Klingon newt among 163 new species discovered in the Mekong – in picturesOther finds in the biodiverse greater Mekong region include a rare banana species from Thailand and a tiny frog from Cambodia and Vietnam
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The 50 best TV shows of 2016: No 1 Planet Earth IIWith amazing camera work and David Attenborough’s guiding words, 2016’s most outstanding television series made its rapt audience – and, most impressively, teenagers – re-engage emotionally with the animal kingdom
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Kangaroo stuns couple by smashing through window and jumping on bedVictorian couple, who were having a Sunday morning lie-in, pursued marsupial through house as it banged into furniture and tried to escape through closed windows
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Rare Asian elephant born at Chester ZooUnnamed female calf born to 12-year-old mother Sundara after 22-month gestation period
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Badger cull kills more than 10,000 animals in three monthsMinisters claim soaring number is a success in effort to cut bovine TB in England but charities question cull’s effectiveness
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The week in wildlife – in picturesFeeding Bryde’s whales, fighting seals and a Harry Potter spider are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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New map reveals shattering effect of roads on natureRampant road building has split the Earth’s land into 600,000 fragments, most of which are too tiny to support significant wildlife, study shows
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Moss spores seize the day under bare treesCountry Diary: Wolsingham, Weardale With brighter light, mosses can reproduce – with structures of exquisite functional beauty
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World’s oldest-known seabird lays an egg at age of 66 in Pacific refugeWisdom, a Laysan albatross, is also world’s oldest-known breeding bird in the wild and has had a few dozen chicks
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Winter woods seen through the eyes of a buzzardCountry diary: Wenlock Edge, Shropshire I like these muddy colours in the landscape, but the buzzard sees them far more intensely
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Briton swims Antarctic in campaign for three marine sanctuariesEndurance swimmer Lewis Pugh employs ‘Speedo diplomacy’ to stop overfishing in Antarctic
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China to set date to close ivory factoriesPreparation is under way in China to bring in a ban on their domestic ivory trade, following a promise made with the US earlier this year
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Pesticides stop bees buzzing and releasing pollen, says studyResearchers find neonicotinoid insecticides harm ability of bees to vibrate flowers and shake out pollen to fertilise crops
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At sundown, the Sussex skies come aliveCountry diary: Waltham Brooks, West Sussex I count at least four separate birds’ voices. They seem more eerie in the cold and dark
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Canadian firefighters smash ice to rescue moose from frozen lake – videoFirefighters rescue a freezing 500lb (225kg) female moose in Canada, using axes to make a path through the ice on Saturday to help it reach the shore
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Queensland prawn farmers face huge losses over white spot disease outbreakDiscovery of virus in Logan river wild prawns akin to ‘natural disaster’, with fisherman standing to lose up to 30% of their income
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The Guardian view on Planet Earth: its life in our handsEditorial: Sir David Attenborough’s latest, maybe last, series put the responsibility for the future of the world with us – where it belongs
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At a time of conservation bad news stories, cities have become havens for many species – as evidenced by the BBC’s extraordinary wildlife showPlanet Earth II showed that wild animals are the true metropolitan elites
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