With a bottlenose population threatened by fishing gear, boats and pollution, campaigners on South Korea’s Jeju island are lobbying to extend legal status to the vulnerable cetaceans

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14.07.2025

Beaker Street Science Photography prize – in pictures | Science | The Guardian

Finalists for 2025 will be exhibited at Hobart’s Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from 6 to 31 August as part of the Beaker Street festival and will include the first-ever image of a wild eastern quoll glowing under UV light

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14.07.2025

Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic | Birds | The Guardian

Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species too, say experts in the US, UK and Argentina

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14.07.2025

More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction | Wildlife | The Guardian

Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government

Guardian Book Blog

13.07.2025

‘The whole back of my HiLux was covered in rats’: what to do about Sydney’s growing vermin problem? | Urban wildlife | The Guardian

Urban rat populations are booming across the world and the Australian city is no exception. Is the solution pesticide, conceding defeat – or more rats?

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13.07.2025

New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets | Animals | The Guardian

Centre for animal sentience to look into animal consciousness and the ethical use of AI in how we treat them

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12.07.2025

The mane attraction: how many lions are in Australia and how well are they regulated? | Zoos | The Guardian

Lions have been the centrepiece of zoos and public fascination for centuries. What’s life like for these apex predators in modern Australia?

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12.07.2025

One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’ | Global development | The Guardian

Abandoned fishing equipment haunts our oceans, killing coral, turtles, sharks and whales. But in Colombia’s Gulf of Tribugá, ‘guardians’ are on call to free entangled marine animals

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12.07.2025

Week in wildlife: a flying vole, a Wimbledon wagtail and some lovebugs | Environment | The Guardian

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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12.07.2025

Panting, gular fluttering and sploots: how Britain’s animals try to keep cool | Animal behaviour | The Guardian

From cows and cats to squirrels and birds, all have their own methods but may need more help as heatwaves intensify

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11.07.2025

Country diary: The utter shock of seeing wildfire devastation up close | Trees and forests | The Guardian

Abernethy Forest/Dava Moor, Cairngorms: Hillsides were charred and trees left with the barest of crowns. Nothing had been spared

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11.07.2025

Ozzy Osbourne collaborates with chimpanzees on abstract expressionist paintings | Ozzy Osbourne | The Guardian

Retired rocker creates artworks to raise funds for Florida sanctuary for rescued apes

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11.07.2025

Moo Deng is turning one year old. Finally a news story I can bear to read | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

Perhaps I can go through the rest of my life as a cartoonist reading only good news stories – I’m sure nobody will notice

Guardian Book Blog

11.07.2025

Pygmy hippo Moo Deng celebrates first birthday with fruit cake – video | Zoos | The Guardian

The Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand is holding four days of activities in celebration of the internet superstar's birthday

Guardian Book Blog

10.07.2025

Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales | Hunting | The Guardian

Exclusive: Restrictions on ammunition containing toxic metal to be phased in over three years from 2026

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10.07.2025

More than Human review – a utopia of self-weaving grass and psychedelic dolphins | Art and design | The Guardian

Design Museum, London From 3D-printed coral reefs to fungal facades and living fabrics grown from roots, this show embraces a future of nature-centric design

Guardian Book Blog

10.07.2025

Sauce Boss the rodeo bull becomes latest US animal escape artist | Colorado | The Guardian

Bull also known as Twinkle Toes eluded capture for days in Colorado after reportedly escaping through a fence gap

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09.07.2025

Tiny pet dog credited with helping to save hiker trapped in Swiss glacier | Switzerland | The Guardian

Dog stayed by his master, who was wedged in an 8 metre-deep crevasse, and was spotted by helicopter crew

Guardian Book Blog

09.07.2025

Country diary: Hunting for a sooty anomaly among the razzle-dazzle | Butterflies | The Guardian

Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire: The chimney sweeper moths are keeping a low profile, but others are putting on a display

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09.07.2025

Birdwatch: a newish arrival to England’s southern shore means gulls galore | Environment | The Guardian

They once mainly bred near the Black Sea, but the Mediterranean gull is now commonly seen in Kent

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09.07.2025

NSW woman on emotional ‘rollercoaster’ after losing arm in zoo lion attack, family says | Queensland | The Guardian

Darling Downs zoo owner Steve Robinson says his sister-in-law Joanne Cabban, who remains in a stable condition in hospital, has not yet provided details of the attack

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09.07.2025

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees | Bees | The Guardian

Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too

Guardian Book Blog

08.07.2025

Country diary: As I cycle along, it feels as if each yellowhammer is handing me on to the next | Birds | The Guardian

Kelso, Roxburghshire: It’s rare I hear this delightful bunting at home, but here in the Borders their numbers suggest farmers are doing the right things

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07.07.2025

Country diary 1925: Shetland seals enjoy the beach | Wildlife | The Guardian

10 July 1925: How they play in the breaking Atlantic rollers, how they wallow on the sand to dry themselves in the sun

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07.07.2025

Escaped pet lion attacks woman in Lahore – video | Pakistan | The Guardian

An escaped pet lion chased, attacked and injured a woman and two children in Pakistan’s second biggest city, Lahore, police said in a statement

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07.07.2025

Lion’s owners arrested after woman and children injured in attack in Pakistan | Pakistan | The Guardian

Footage shows animal leaping over wall in Lahore before attack that left victims with face and arm injuries

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07.07.2025

Jimmy Doherty’s Big Bear Rescue review – 72 hours later, I’m still weeping | Television | The Guardian

This audacious attempt to give two polar bears a second life by transporting them across Europe to a new home is an uplifting tale. But be warned, it is shocking

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06.07.2025

Woman suffers ‘significant’ injury to arm after being mauled by animal at Queensland zoo | Queensland | The Guardian

Woman in her 50s was reportedly watching keepers at work in an enclosure at Darling Downs zoo, south of Toowoomba, when attacked

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05.07.2025

Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Birds | The Guardian

Combs Moss, Derbyshire: For 50 years, I have been coming here to see breeding waders, now gone or much diminished. We must find a way to arrest this decline

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05.07.2025

Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists | Wildlife | The Guardian

The campaign to ban kangaroo products is ‘muddled’ and not based on knowledge, wildlife experts say

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05.07.2025

Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project | Butterflies | The Guardian

Ecologists say 283 purple emperor recordings on one day at Knepp signal higher numbers nationwide

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05.07.2025

Owning dog or cat could preserve some brain functions as we age, study says | Ageing | The Guardian

Fish or bird ownership showed no significant link to slower cognitive decline in study with implications for ageing societies

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04.07.2025

EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts | Trump administration | The Guardian

Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption

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04.07.2025

Country diary: An extension to the house? Or the garden? | Wildlife | The Guardian

Comins Coch, Ceredigion: Our handy little room out the back is shared with a wood mouse and a wall of tomato plants – as well as something rather more unexpected

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04.07.2025

How the global trade in donkey skins threatens the lives of women and girls | Women's rights and gender equality | The Guardian

Letter: This cruel, largely unregulated industry in the global south undermines UN goals of gender equality and poverty reduction, writes Marianne Steele of The Donkey Sanctuary

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I am prone to fatalist climate doomerism. But is it really too late? | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

Hunter missing in Japan as spate of bear attacks triggers emergency to be declared in northern town | Japan | The Guardian

Country diary: For these birds, home is where the food is | Birds | The Guardian

Labour has not implemented a single animal welfare pledge, say campaigners | Animal welfare | The Guardian

About 1,500 tarantulas found hidden in cake boxes at German airport | Germany | The Guardian

Could giving this pod of dolphins the same legal rights as humans help keep them safe? | Dolphins | The Guardian

Beaker Street Science Photography prize – in pictures | Science | The Guardian

Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic | Birds | The Guardian

More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction | Wildlife | The Guardian

‘The whole back of my HiLux was covered in rats’: what to do about Sydney’s growing vermin problem? | Urban wildlife | The Guardian

New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets | Animals | The Guardian

The mane attraction: how many lions are in Australia and how well are they regulated? | Zoos | The Guardian

One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’ | Global development | The Guardian

Week in wildlife: a flying vole, a Wimbledon wagtail and some lovebugs | Environment | The Guardian

Panting, gular fluttering and sploots: how Britain’s animals try to keep cool | Animal behaviour | The Guardian

Country diary: The utter shock of seeing wildfire devastation up close | Trees and forests | The Guardian

Ozzy Osbourne collaborates with chimpanzees on abstract expressionist paintings | Ozzy Osbourne | The Guardian

Moo Deng is turning one year old. Finally a news story I can bear to read | First Dog on the Moon | The Guardian

Pygmy hippo Moo Deng celebrates first birthday with fruit cake – video | Zoos | The Guardian

Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales | Hunting | The Guardian

More than Human review – a utopia of self-weaving grass and psychedelic dolphins | Art and design | The Guardian

Sauce Boss the rodeo bull becomes latest US animal escape artist | Colorado | The Guardian

Tiny pet dog credited with helping to save hiker trapped in Swiss glacier | Switzerland | The Guardian

Country diary: Hunting for a sooty anomaly among the razzle-dazzle | Butterflies | The Guardian

Birdwatch: a newish arrival to England’s southern shore means gulls galore | Environment | The Guardian

NSW woman on emotional ‘rollercoaster’ after losing arm in zoo lion attack, family says | Queensland | The Guardian

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees | Bees | The Guardian

Country diary: As I cycle along, it feels as if each yellowhammer is handing me on to the next | Birds | The Guardian

Country diary 1925: Shetland seals enjoy the beach | Wildlife | The Guardian

Escaped pet lion attacks woman in Lahore – video | Pakistan | The Guardian

Lion’s owners arrested after woman and children injured in attack in Pakistan | Pakistan | The Guardian

Jimmy Doherty’s Big Bear Rescue review – 72 hours later, I’m still weeping | Television | The Guardian

Woman suffers ‘significant’ injury to arm after being mauled by animal at Queensland zoo | Queensland | The Guardian

Country diary: The sense of emptiness in these driven-grouse moors stirs a deep melancholy | Birds | The Guardian

Wild kangaroo harvests are labelled ‘needlessly cruel’ by US lawmakers – but backed by Australian conservationists | Wildlife | The Guardian

Rare butterfly hits purple patch at Sussex rewilding project | Butterflies | The Guardian

Owning dog or cat could preserve some brain functions as we age, study says | Ageing | The Guardian

EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts | Trump administration | The Guardian

Country diary: An extension to the house? Or the garden? | Wildlife | The Guardian

How the global trade in donkey skins threatens the lives of women and girls | Women's rights and gender equality | The Guardian

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