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10 December 2025

  • people stand around a dead whale on a beach

    A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40-ton carcass?

    A fin whale washed ashore in Anchorage and was left there for months. Then a self-described ‘wacko’ museum director made a plan
  • A huge school of bait fish and sharks in Byron Bay

    Hundreds of sharks filmed in bait fish feeding frenzy near Byron Bay

    Dramatic scenes in the water prompt warnings to swimmers and snorkelers at one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations
  • A short-eared owl sitting on a wooden post.

    Birdwatch
    Birdwatch: a rare winter sighting of the short-eared owl

    Once a fairly frequent winter visitor to southern England, they now stay close to their northern breeding grounds

9 December 2025

  • A snow-covered peak

    The age of extinction
    ‘Even the animals seem confused’: a retreating Kashmir glacier is creating an entire new world in its wake

  • The head of a bear, its ear with a yellow numbered tag, lies on its side alongside a wall.

    ‘We call him ... unbearable’: California homeowner laments uninvited beast

  • Girl (8-10) raising hand in classroom, rear view of children sitting at desks in a classroom at school

    Brief letters
    Shouting at the class has never been OK

  • A farm worker plows fields overlooking Grangemouth petrochemical and refining plant in Scotland.

    ‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’

  • Country diary
    Country diary: A close encounter with a buzzard – but something’s not quite right

  • The age of extinction
    It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future

8 December 2025

  • white storks on a nest on top of a tree

    White storks to make historic return to London in 2026

    Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort

7 December 2025

  • The beaver filmed gathering materials for its lodge.

    ‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years

    Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve

6 December 2025

  • 5-4-TRAIL---Six-great-reads---6dec

    Six great reads
    Six greats reads: a train ride to the future; searching for the ‘sky boys’ and wallaby hunting in the English countryside

  • Lapwings in flight

    Country diary
    Country diary: Lapwings are birds of my childhood – finally they have returned

5 December 2025

  • An adult starling

    Streets named after birds in Britain on rise as species’ populations plummet

  • Suffolk countryside

    Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice

  • A tractor moving across a dry and dusty piece of land on a farm in South Africa.

    ‘We can tell farmers the problems’: experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yields

  • Two penguins beak to beak

    The age of extinction
    60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study

4 December 2025

  • This security footage provided by Sprig + Fern The Meadows, shows a seal entering a bar in Richmond, New Zealand

    Baby fur seal wanders into a bar in New Zealand

    The surprise visitor waddled around the pub during what’s known as ‘silly season’ where seals pop up in unexpected places
  • A red squirrel standing among autumn leaves

    Red squirrels expand across Highlands after 10-year reintroduction drive

    Rewilding charity helps bolster Scottish stronghold of species that once came close to extinction in UK
  • Bill Smart surrounded by plants in his garden

    The alternatives
    ‘We miss having a dog but it’s the price you pay’: the village that banned pets to save wildlife

    Australian eco community is a sanctuary for native animals and a showcase of sustainable living
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