Wildlife
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Scientists have discovered a rare bird that uses sticks to find food – making it the latest addition to a select list that includes sea otters, elephants and octopuses
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Government creates marine protected areas around four islands in the Pacific and Atlantic, with commercial fishing banned in some areas
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Move aims to protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England
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A project to rewild and track jaguars is a success for the big cats, cowboys and tourists alike. The only losers are their prey, the unlucky capybara
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Report comparing past mass extinction events warns that hunting and killing of ocean’s largest species will disrupt ecosystems for millions of years
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Brexit is an opportunity to refine legislation to match UK’s needs, says conservationist, speaking at the launch of a major report that shows Britain is one of the world’s most ‘nature-depleted countries’
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Life-sustaining sea ice needed for hunting, resting and breeding is declining in all 19 regions of the Arctic inhabited by the species
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The autocomplete questions Why have hedgehogs declined? You asked Google – here’s the answer
Hugh WarwickEvery day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
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Norilsk Nickel insists the temporary problem will not affect people or wildlife, but environmental activists say it is too early to tell
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Notebook Bring back childhood’s wild side
Patrick BarkhamThe opportunities to roam free are not what they once were, but the rise of forest schools shows we still see the outdoors as a great educator -
As talks about a complete ban on both the international and domestic markets heat up, the Swaziland government accuses western NGOs of being ‘armchair preservationists’
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Country diary: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales Our loft has become a maternity roost from which the brown long-eared bats emerge at dusk to scour the surrounding area for incautious insects
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Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 16 September 1916: As night comes on and the west yellows among the clouds, brown owls begin to call
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Apple trees are laden, vines are healthy, and in Norfolk the harvest is in. But with bees still in shocking decline, all is not rosy
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As coalition of countries, including US, push for resolution to end practice, Japan, Namibia, South Africa and Canada raise concerns at Hawaii meeting
Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf population