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21.02.2025
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
From bats to moths, species working the night shift are suffering as light pollution soars
<strong>Tunstall Valley, Weardale:</strong> It is tempting to believe that this pastel profusion is due to the arrival of a single moth last spring
20.02.2025
A year after XL bullies were banned, questions are being raised about a breed that can weigh up to 50kg – and has a bite stronger than a lion
Black bear weighing 500lb found in crawlspace in Pasadena, two weeks after Altadena man discovered unfamiliar tenant
<strong>Northam Burrows, Devon:</strong> In the low dawn light I can make out a harvest mouse nest. Even when empty, they’re a sight to behold
19.02.2025
With studies showing flea treatments can damage rivers and kill baby birds, experts suggest other options
Study aimed to improve detection of brain injury from intimate partner violence, but critics say its non-fatal strangulation of animals was not justified
Investigation reveals ineffective products being sold across Africa, with poor regulation and shortage of effective medication leading to needless deaths
As the supermarket vows to introduce electrical stunning for its farmed prawns, campaigners call on others to follow suit
I’m campaigning for legal protection for cleaner fish, because no one has done a proper assessment of the impact of removing them from Scottish reefs
The kayaker, who was unharmed, was quickly released by the whale
<strong>Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk:</strong> Muntjac deer mate all year round, so it’s quite possible. I take to the oak throne that we have on the farm, and scan the view
Allan government announces extended 2025 duck hunting season with hunters allowed to bag nine ducks a day
They ate the blueberry soy yoghurt right out of the dish by itself! Mad for it
Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub>
Owner Madeleine Finlay and ecologist Prof Robbie McDonald offer best ways to reduce pet’s impact on wildlife after Scottish first minister is forced to deny plans to ban cats
Exclusive: Former Police drummer and the naturalist Martyn Stewart collaborate on album inspired by migration of Arctic tern
A councillor’s alleged attempt to blow up a bird-prowling moggie reveals the pet-loving divide runs deep
Discovery of pest in UK raises fears for Sitka spruce, which accounts for half of country’s commercial plantations
Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy hunting
Exclusive: Animal rights groups fear veterinary deal aimed at reducing border checks will prevent promised import ban
The actor recalls a terrifying moment when playing the doomed Egyptian queen during a 1987 production of the Shakespeare classic
‘I thought I was dead,’ said the kayaker, who was let go by humpback off the Chilean coast after a few seconds
Vets are undertaking a necropsy to determine why beloved 20-year-old animal suddenly died on Saturday morning
03.02.2025
<strong>Bramfield, Hertfordshire: </strong>My long-unanswered prayers to see the elusive hawfinch are finally rewarded in a churchyard
<strong>9 February 1925</strong>: No one who has ever seen it flying along the branches of the trees could wish it ill. It does more good than harm
Group of Darwin’s frogs threatened by chytrid fungus thrive in specially built room that mimics their natural habitat
Andy Shovel, who worked at McDonald’s and co-founded THIS™, says A Bit Weird aims to ‘disarm people through fun’
02.02.2025
Four people, including a toddler, have been attacked on the island in recent weeks and there’s still no plan to tackle the issue
The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land
01.02.2025
Sharp rise in population in 11 of 16 cities expected to continue as rising temperatures make it easier for the animals to breed, say researchers
31.01.2025
Strategies vary from hibernating as adult butterflies to forming a chrysalis – or by not being in the country at all
Rare snowfall leads to 17 turtles stranded and suffering from condition before being brought to center for rehabbing
<strong>Tebay, Cumbria:</strong> The wet summer last year has increased the chances of liver fluke. My son and I decide it’s time to dose the flock
30.01.2025
University of Sussex scientist calls promotion of preventative practice when pets are flea free ‘profiteering’
Some say it’s not the time to make life decisions, but others are countering the bad luck – or leaving those beliefs behind
29.01.2025
<strong>Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire:</strong> We go out to see how long it takes until a robin comes close – really close. Thanks to their genetic memory, we don’t wait long