Wildlife
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Brief letters: First-class degrees | Female saints | Rambutan | Tennis and nationality | Sheep v giant hogweed | Litter
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Gove’s vision for the environment is undoubtedly ambitious but it is at odds with much government action – making it real will be a gargantuan task
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A pod of pilot whales, nesting storks and a clan of hyenas are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Discovery Channel’s popular weeklong series is back on Sunday with documentaries and a much hyped race between Michael Phelps and a shark
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Hotels and local government in Cancun will pay premiums, and insurance industry will pay out if the reef is damaged by storms
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Six-year-old Xanda was shot and killed by hunters when he roamed outside the protected area of the Hwange national park in Zimbabwe
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Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked wild mammal and decimated Asian populations have sharply shifted the focus of exploitation to Africa
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Alejandro Santillana’s new macro images of bees are being showcased by the University of Texas at Austin at their Insects Unlocked project
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The Australian surfing champion Mick Fanning, who was attacked by a shark two years ago at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa, was at the same spot to compete against Brazilian Gabriel Medina on Wednesday when they were called from the surf and their quarter-final was put on hold after a three-metre shark joined the line-up.
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Exclusive: Australian Conservation Foundation asks environment and energy minister to revoke Carmichael mine approval
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Neart na Gaoithe project on east coast likely to go ahead after long-running court battle despite claim it threatens seabirds
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Thousands of male cuttlefish display their brightest pigments to attract females in breeding season – more than 150,000 can gather in a 10km stretch of water
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Elephant Action League’s sting operation shows how horns are trafficked from Africa and enter into China via Vietnam, alleging official complicity
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Country diary: Blackwater, Norfolk Pollinated flowers means more plants next year – and more thistles means more bees
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Swan upping, a five-day event to count the swans on the river Thames, began as a ritual to check supplies for feasts but is now more about conservation
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An ambush by local rebel forces led to five deaths in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, while another ranger died in Virunga
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Plantwatch A Victorian garden sensation that has become a sensational invasive nuisance. Contact with its toxic sap causes burns and blisters that can take months to heal
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Birdwatch A rare sighting of a red-backed shrike, notorious for its habit impaling itsvictims in a grisly larder
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Exotic tropical species being mis-sold to British customers who can’t tell their mackerel from their herring, research shows
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Readers document the rising environmental crisis of plastic waste, as the planet struggles to cope with a million plastic bottles being sold every minute
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Editorial: Experts warn that Earth’s sixth mass extinction has begun – and humans are to blame. Can Hope help us to confront biological annihilation?
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Eurasian wolf cubs, a wreathed hornbill and an elephant crossing the road are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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No wild cat has ever been observed nursing a cub from another species – the event may be the result of the Tanzanian lioness having lost her own litter
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Annual Big Butterfly Count urges wildlife lovers to help assess whether the insects are really returning to gardens this summer
Enjoy cod’s revival, but the extent of our ruination of the sea remains unknown