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After another dire year for the environment, here’s to better times
A climate protestor with a sign referencing the film Don’t Look Up Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Writing about…
Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons
Red kites have been found with high levels of rodenticides in their livers TheOtherKev/Pixabay Raptors across England are…
See nature in close-up in these stunning photographs
A spiny toad amplexus, with a female in the middle of several males. Aloys Pichard Each year, hordes…
The COP16 biodiversity summit was a big flop for protecting nature
Police stand guard in front of a hotel a day ahead of the COP16 United Nations biodiversity conference…
Orca – Black & White Gold review: Tense docu-thriller exposes cruel whale trade
Orcas in the Sea of Okhotsk, off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Orca – Black…
Celebrate a renaissance in English nature writing plus 4 nature books to start with
The River Wye in the UK Luza Studios/Getty Images The tradition of the English nature writer is long,…
Giant rats trained to sniff out illegal wildlife trade
African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species including rhino…
Some flowers may have evolved long stems to be better ‘seen’ by bats
A tailed tailless bat drinking nectar from a flower Nathan Muchhala Some flowers may have evolved long stems…
Antidote to deadly pesticides boosts bee survival
A common eastern bumblebee gathering nectar Nature Picture Library/Alamy In the first study of its kind, scientists have…
Endangered wombat’s rare encounter with echidna caught on camera
A rare and boisterous encounter between a young wombat and a spiny echidna has been caught on camera,…