Wildlife
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Sea turtles laying eggs, buffalo and a swan lake are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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At a time of urban growth, nature is feared, subjugated and concreted over. But now, more than ever, we need the chaos of wildness
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Rodrick Ngulube was shot by poachers in West Petauke game management area, after rangers discovered carcasses of a warthog and zebra
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Other lives: Naturalist whose books inspired thousands to explore northern England and Scotland
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French photographer Gabriel Barathieu has been named this year’s winner for his ‘balletic, malevolent’ dancing octopus, while British winner Nick Blake captured a lone diver among the otherworldly sunbeams of a Mexican cave
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Country diary: South Downs, West Sussex The buzzard raises its wings and lifts its talons up towards the kite, which responds and the two clash
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Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists
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Helicopters transport 16 of the large mammals to site in Alberta as scheme restores once-dominant grazers to ecosystem
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Climate change is threatening about 700 endangered species and policymakers must act urgently to lessen impact
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Letters: To date we have only mapped 20% of all known species, with invertebrates and the “small things” being the most elusive
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Two German inventors created a laundry bag to prevent shedding microfibers ending up in oceans. Now, Patagonia will start selling it to customers
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Volunteers help to refloat and guide pilot whales out to deeper water after a mass stranding at Farewell Spit on the coast of New Zealand
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About 650 pilot whales beached themselves at top of South Island, with 350 dying but others either swimming away or refloated by volunteers
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Tony Aarts tells local TV ‘It’s a good thing I had that putter’ after surviving reptile attack on 4th hole at Magnolia Landing club in the Fort Myers area
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In the open-air spectacular Boorna Waanginy, scientists, botanists and school children came together with Noongar elders to deliver a powerful message
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Order for 60-day pause on regulations not yet implemented includes protection for endangered rusty patched bumblebee, which experts say is near extinction
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A tiger family drinking at the watering hole, a nightingale and a snake that plays dead are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Do you like pangolins or silky sharks? How about the black-legged kittiwake? Vote for your favourite in the Wildscreen Arkive’s Valentine’s Day campaign to help protect underappreciated species from poaching and climate change
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Country diary: Warblington, Hampshire By associating with large ungulates, these birds can obtain up to 50% more food using two-thirds of the energy required for lone foraging
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Experts say decline to coverage of only 7.19 acres of forest could be due to late winter storms last year that knocked down more than 100 acres of trees
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Elephant conservation Ivory is not beautiful, it’s barbaric
Nicky CampbellI grew up with a piano in my bedroom, but now the thought of ivory fills me with revulsion. The UK needs to impose a total ban on the trade of elephant tusks
GM 'surrogate hens' could lay eggs of rare chicken breeds, scientists say