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Animals

November 2026

  • short-necked oil beetl

    Rare beetle that oozes substance from its knees when attacked rediscovered in Wales

    Natural Resources Wales says short-necked oil beetle has been found in country for first time in nearly 60 years

31 October 2026

  • Alistair Leake stands in a wildlife seed field holding a tall teasel plantPhoto by Fabio De Paola

    ‘This is a robust recipe’: the experimental farm bucking the decline in UK birds

  • Fireworks explode in a night sky

    Is time up for backyard fireworks? UK ministers weigh partial ban over noise concerns

30 October 2026

  • Smuggled green parrots are crammed inside white pipes, blocked by wire grids

    The age of extinction
    Twice as many plants and animals sold in wildlife trade as previously thought, says report

  • Elfi Evans treated all kinds of animals, and later in his veterinary career specialised in the diseases of sheep

    Other lives
    Elfi Evans obituary

  • Zookeepers prepared carved pumpkins as part of a seasonal enrichment activity programme designed to encourage natural behaviours, including foraging and exploration

    London Zoo gets spooky with Halloween pumpkins for animal residents – video

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  • An anhinga holds a fish speared on its beak, both raised above water

    Week in wildlife
    Week in wildlife: a fishing anhinga, a northern nutcracker and cuddling seals

    Gallery26

  • First Dog on the Moon
    How many of these official Tiny Creature Kindness badges have you earned?

  • Wildlife Trusts hit £30m target to buy and rewild huge Northumberland estate

29 October 2026

  • An golden and black spotted butterfly rests on a spiky purple flower

    Butterflywatch
    Queen of Spain butterfly invades Britain – but will it become native?

  • Cattle on Andrea’s farm.

    Country diary
    Country diary: A new chapter for the farm – we’re going organic

28 October 2026

  • Wooroora aerial view of forest and river. Wooroora station in far north Queensland, which is on the brink of being bought, protected and managed by Bush Heritage in conjunction with Jirrbal traditional owners. Wooroora spans more than 20,000ha of intact wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland about 100km south-west of Cairns. It links two world heritage wet tropics rainforests and borders Bush Heritage Australia’s existing 43,575ha Yourka Reserve.

    ‘Worldwide legacy’: almost $20m raised to protect majestic tract of land in far north Queensland

  • Young man is training his puppy walking on the leash

    Pass notes
    Bone of contention: why dog trainers are at war

  • Les, a beekeeper, closes his eyes while thick clusters of honeybees cover his shoulders and arms

    My best shot
    The bare-handed beekeeper who looks like something out of The Odyssey: Holly Lynton’s best photograph

  • A cartoon of two snails munching on letters

    Snail ate your mail? Why gastropods munch paper – and how to stop them

27 October 2026

  • An illustration of a rat sitting atop two pink pillows.

    The pest I’ll never forget
    The pest I’ll never forget: the rats stood six or seven deep on the lawn beside my dormitory

    All it took was one or two careless teenage girls giving the vermin a taste of their snacks and they became the most well-fed animals imaginable

26 October 2026

  • Gloved hands hold a wrapped baby monkey with a green cloth toy near medical equipment

    Peta releases video showing experiments on infant monkeys at University of Washington

  • A dirt track runs along a fenced West Yorkshire moorland ridge under a pale dusk sky

    Country diary
    Country diary: Jackdaws carve up the sky as dusk descends on the moors

25 October 2026

  • A koala in a tree

    Koalas are cute, furry, iconic – and dying of chlamydia. But how well does the approved vaccine work?

  • A large seabird spreads its wings landing near two chicks on Corvo Island's grassy clifftop

    The age of extinction
    Lights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in pictures

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