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Wildlife

20 July 2024

  • Arion vulgaris also known as the Spanish slug in motion on a tree stump.

    ‘They’ve been something else this year’: slugs wreak havoc on UK gardens

  • A small heath butterfly resting on a grass panicle

    Country diary
    Country diary: An alarmingly bad day searching for butterflies

19 July 2024

  • black bear sitting by a pole

    Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear

  • Elephant in Tanzania

    There is no justification for trophy hunting

  • Lots of midges on red tent fabric

    Midges thriving in wet Scottish summer – and experts say worse is to come

  • Craneflies are important food for many birds.

    Country diary
    Country diary: There’s reason to love the unpopular cranefly

18 July 2024

  • A pair of spoonbills and chicks in their nest

    Spoonbills return to Cambridgeshire for first time since 17th century

  • Two people stand before a long line of stranded whales on a deserted beach under a grey and cloudy sky

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    How to solve a mass stranding: what caused 77 healthy whales to die on a Scottish beach?

17 July 2024

  • For cobra bite antidote story

    Blood thinner could be used to treat cobra venom, global study suggests

    Snakebites, the ‘deadliest of neglected tropical diseases’, often impact rural communities the most but a new study offers hope
  • Tail of North Atlantic right whale spotted off Ireland.

    North Atlantic right whale seen off Ireland for first time in 114 years

    There are fewer than 400 of critically endangered species left and sighting gives ‘glimmer of hope’

    • The age of extinction
      Winning images of the 2024 BigPicture natural world photography competition

    • Country diary
      Country diary: Feeding time for the swallows and martins

    • The Audio Long Read
      From the archive: The elephant vanishes: how a circus family went on the run – podcast

16 July 2024

  • A Prairie Rattlesnake in a defensive position.

    Scientists set up webcam in Colorado rattlesnake ‘mega den’ with up to 2,000 reptiles

    Researchers say rattlesnakes have an undeservedly maligned reputation but are social creatures who make good mothers
  • Rangers Jim Fyfe and Tūmai Cassidy walk alongside what is believed to be a rare spade-toothed whale, on 5 July 2024, after its was found washed ashore on a beach near Otago, New Zealand.

    World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach

    Carcass may be perfect specimen of spade-toothed whale and has been transported to whale-sized freezer just in time

    • On our plate
      ‘Instead of crisps, kids could eat snacks from the sea’: the forager chef looking to revolutionise Chile’s diet

    • Country diary
      Country diary: A master of flight meets its match

    • Snakes beware: reptiles targeted across Bangladesh after rise in sightings of Russell’s viper

15 July 2024

  • Screenshot of sea snake bite rescue off the coast of Northern Territory

    Man bitten by sea snake off coast of NT in a stable condition

  • A model of an orange roughy

    Fears for threatened orange roughy as NZ super trawler returns to Tasmanian waters

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