Wildlife
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Singer-songwriter and her partner Jen Cloher raise money to help revitalise habitat of Australia’s blue-banded bee
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An expert on Australian native species says birds can have empathy, grieve after the death of a partner and form long-term friendships
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Scientists fear that neonicotinoid manufacturers are copying tobacco industry tactics in a bid to end the moratorium on this devastating chemical
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Sacha Dench, known as the ‘human swan’ completes her three-month-long paramotor journey from Russia to the UK on Monday
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The official start of winter was heralded by days of sharp sunshine. Country Life’s editor at large celebrates the season’s natural beauty
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Country diary: Leys Castle, Inverness The carcass would not last long with so many scavengers around and I expected that night a fox would carry it off to eat at leisure
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In what could be the most closely scrutinised biological control project in Australia, a 2mm wasp is being released to control a deadly ant infestation
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A lost little penguin has been rescued by RSPCA NSW after becoming stuck in a stormwater drain in the inner western Sydney suburb of Haberfield
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Start to tourism season prompts environment minister to override federal law and allow the nets in NSW
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Veteran broadcaster says BBC nature show gives audiences respite from their concerns about the world
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The Thylacine Awareness Group is ‘dedicated to the research, recognition and conservation of our most elusive apex predator’ – declared extinct in 1986
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New analysis of nine species that ‘walk’ by night on shallow reefs shows their range is much smaller than was known
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Country diary: Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire We used to collect white-clawed crayfish in jam jars to study, but now, like my old school, they are a species in need of protection
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Our last green corridors are being paved into parking lots, as predicted by Joni Mitchell. Will we know what we had when it’s gone?
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Wolf attacks on animals in region around Spanish capital up from 91 to 209 in a year, prompting rise in reimbursement budget
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The western lowland gorilla was smuggled from Africa to Italy in the 1980s. As taxidermy, he is part of a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland
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Three pygmy marmosets, including one that was only four weeks old, were stolen from the park late last week
Country diary Seals sing a siren song beyond the land's edge