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Wildlife

  • Bats illuminated by a camera flash fly out of a cave.

    The age of extinction
    ‘Guano is far more than just droppings’: scientists uncover the secrets of bat poo in Gorongosa park

  • Young Country Diary writer Alice collecting wild garlic in the Wye Valley, Herefordshire

    Young country diary
    Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

  • A seagull taking a chip from a polystyrene takeaway container

    Specieswatch
    Painting eyes on takeaway boxes can stop gulls stealing chips, study shows

  • A man holds a dolphin washed up after Cyclone Narelle on the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia

    ‘Harrowing’: Cyclone Narelle leaves graveyard of turtles, dolphins and seabirds in Western Australia

  • Magnetic termite mounds

    The language of termites: Liss Fenwick’s The Colony – in pictures

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  • Aerial view of a whale surfacing in the ocean with a plume of water shooting from its blowhole.

    ‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

  • Merlin bird, sitting in grass.

    UK’s smallest bird of prey among 200 species at risk of extinction, study finds

  • Taketoshi Niina walks up a ramp from a dock carrying a basket of oysters

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘Something out of the ordinary’: why are Japan’s oysters dying en masse?

  • ‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters

  • Country diary
    Country diary: These ‘mystery’ geese and I have a fond history

  • Bee held between berry juice stained fingers

    I discovered …
    I discovered the elusive chestnut mining bee in New York after a gap of 119 years

  • A boat in open waters near an oil rig.

    Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico

  • Helen Pilcher

    Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects

    Helen Pilcher
    According to new research, distinguishing between the UK’s 2,500 species could halt cognitive decline – so my brain could not be happier, or healthier, says science writer Helen Pilcher
  • Wheatear and rabbit on Dartmoor.

    Young country diary
    Young country diary: A weary wheatear shows off his best feature

    Dartmoor, Devon: This one is an early-arriver after spending winter in sub-Saharan Africa, and it’s keen to show off its ‘white arse’
  • A female whale named Rounder was surrounded by family members and others as she gave birth to her second calf

    Rare footage shows whales working together to support mother and her newborn – video

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  • Castell Dolbadarn in Llanberis, Eryri, Gwynedd.

    Brief letters
    It’s OK to need a map occasionally

  • Stranded whale.

    Whale stranded off Germany swims to freedom after days of efforts to save it

  • Female sperm whales hold a newborn calf above the water until it can swim on its own.

    Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her

  • Striking it licky: rare tongue-shaped fungus found for first time in UK

  • Wily coyote? Urban canines take more risks compared with rural ones, study finds

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