Wolves are not bad – they’re just trying to survive in a world where they are unwelcome.
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Revealed: spotted hyaena are actually excellent hunters in their own right.
Footballers came under attack from a swarm of flies on the Volgograd pitch. But there’s more to midges and gnats than meets the eye.
Building work on brownfield sites is often delayed while newts are moved to ponds elsewhere.
Grey squirrels have lots of attractive characteristics, yet they are actively persecuted by humankind.
We should celebrate these amazing insects, not splat them.
Why forensic investigators and evolutionary scientists love these blood-sucking insects.
Bats get a bad press but the good far outweighs the bad.
‘Theiving magpies’ obsessed with glitter but what’s the truth amid the folklore?
Ask people to describe what they associate with butterflies, and you will probably get an image of a sunny summer’s day, with a beautiful peacock drifting gently on the cooling breeze. Ask the same question…
Stink bug. As names go it is a PR disaster, each of the words alone hardly endearing, and, in combination, wholly off-putting. Which is a shame because stink bugs have a perky charm, a distinctive style…
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