Wildlife
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Berserk beasts, trashed crops, vengeful villagers: tales of ‘conflict’ come thick and fast as humans and elephants are forced into closer contact. But does it have to be war? Across Asia and Africa, there are hints of how we might live in peace
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Country diary: Haverah Park, North Yorkshire It is an unglamorous fringeland of rush pasture and white moor, yet nature finds a use for it
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From brush turkeys to powerful owls, Australia’s rarest wildlife lives in cities –protecting it has benefits for humans too
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Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 6 March 1917: When the tiny larva are hatched, the mother earwig looks after them in quite a correct manner, while the babes seem to recognise their nurse and crowd round her
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From algae to fish and polar bears, the loss of habitat caused by global warming is affecting the food chain
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Country diary: Painscastle, Powys Over the past few years, to my delight, a pair of mute swans had made this sky-reflecting hill-pool their home
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David Hill: Scientists find that commercial hunting caused “basin-wide collapse” among aquatic species
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Teachers are discovering that beehives can provide exciting opportunities to learn outside the classroom
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Poison arrow frogs, a Steller sea lion and a chameleon are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Should we accept that Vietnamese medicinal demand for rhino horns is traditional, and inevitable? Those who stockpile horns think so
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Flies, worms, slugs, woodlice, centipedes, moulds – the compost bin throbs with life
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The much-loved creature of the suburban garden is in rapid decline – with new builds, roads and badgers to blame. Can we prevent their extinction?
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We shouldn’t let animals die in entertainment venues. Urban zoos where we could view wildlife through VR would reinforce the conservation message
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Spring is sprung 26 days earlier than a decade ago, causing problems for the natural cycle of plants and wildlife, Climate News Network reports
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Whether you’re looking for early signs of spring or preparing for the autumn months, we’d like to see photos of the March wildlife wherever you are
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Country diary: Wenlock Edge Daisy – daes eage, day’s-eye – a wonderfully simple poetry that has become a complicated symbolic chain-link of love, innocence and death
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Letters: I fear that the cull will need to be extended to all the UK’s regions to prevent replenishment of culled areas by southern squirrels.
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US Bank Stadium study shows birds are flying into its clear glass and conservation groups want authorities to take steps to prevent collisions
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Country diary: Blanchland Moor, Northumberland Strutting and posturing, the grouse makes it clear that this is his territory
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Notebook Thought the Newbury bypass devastated wildlife? These M4 plans are far worse
Patrick BarkhamThe days of ripping up reserves for motorways were supposed to be over. But the Newport scheme would create a ‘Berlin wall’ for nature -
Rangers lost their lives in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and India
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The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates by Barry Berkovitz and Peter Shellis offers a unique look at teeth, from the hardened skin rasps of the lamprey to the fangs of the rattlesnake
First Dog on the Moon goes to south-west Tasmania (and totally freaks out)