Wildlife
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An 'Arctic' safari in the Scottish HighlandsWinter in the Cairngorms national park can turn positively Arctic – perfect for Kari Herbert to give her small daughter a taste of the polar conditions, and creatures, she enjoyed as a child in Greenland
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Winged surprise lifts spirits on a cold morningCountry diary: Slufters Inclosure, New Forest This hardy specimen of butterfly has found an ideal basking site among still damp grasses in a bed of fern
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The week in wildlife – in picturesSea turtles laying eggs, buffalo and a swan lake are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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GM 'surrogate hens' could lay eggs of rare chicken breeds, scientists sayRadical plan to maintain diversity of gene pool proposes use of genetically modified chickens as surrogate mothers
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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 wildnessPity the imperilled butterfly, fluttering out of toxic lives. Pity us, too
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Wildlife ranger killed in Zambia leaves behind seven childrenRodrick Ngulube was shot by poachers in West Petauke game management area, after rangers discovered carcasses of a warthog and zebra
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Tiny plastic pellets found on 73% of UK beachesGreat Winter Nurdle Hunt finds thousands of pellets used in plastic production washed up on shorelines around country
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Mary Welsh obituaryOther lives: Naturalist whose books inspired thousands to explore northern England and Scotland
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Underwater photographer of the year 2017 winners – in picturesFrench 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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Birds of prey lock in combatCountry 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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'Extraordinary' levels of pollutants found in 10km deep Mariana trenchPresence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists
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Canada reintroduces bison to Banff national park after more than a centuryHelicopters transport 16 of the large mammals to site in Alberta as scheme restores once-dominant grazers to ecosystem
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Act now before entire species are lost to global warming, say scientistsClimate change is threatening about 700 endangered species and policymakers must act urgently to lessen impact
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Why we need to map all Earth’s critters, quickLetters: 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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Hope for end to New Zealand whale strandings after 350 dieAbout 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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Environmentalists warn of bumblebee's extinction after Trump halts regulationsOrder 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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The week in wildlife – in picturesA 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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The world's most unloved, underappreciated wildlife – in picturesDo 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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With a head-pumping strut, the cattle egret stalks around the cowsCountry 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
Country diary 100 years ago: Thaw livens up the hedge-frequenters