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Winter Wildlife

Robin on garden fork. © Andrew Howe/Getty

Wildlife Gardening

5 ways you can help wildlife this winter

Red squirrel with nuts. © Neil Burton/Getty

How do squirrels find their nuts?

Mistletoe branch close up. © Studio Doros/Getty

Discover fascinating facts about mistletoe

Slug crawling on a path in a garden. © TT/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Do slugs freeze in winter?

Lackford Lake in the frost.

10 of the best Boxing Day walks around the UK

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How to identify a tree by its bark

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Kea parrot investigating a car. © J Knaupe/Getty

10 of the craziest animal stories from 2018

Land iguanas are an endemic species to the Galápagos Islands. © Island Conservation

Iguanas reintroduced to island after 180 years absence

Close up of the leopard in the cage. © Wildlife SOS, India

Lucky leopard rescued after falling into 15m-deep well

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Animal Facts

Giraffes walking through the savannah in the Masai Mara © Manoj Shah/Getty

20 giraffe facts that will blow your mind

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A year in the life of European brown bears

A New Caledonian crow with a stick tool. © Auguste von Bayern

Crafty crows can create tools fit for purpose

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Plant Facts

Hart's tongue fern. © Felicity Rose Cole

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How to identify ferns with our illustrated guide

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Wildlife Gardening

How to make a butterfly-friendly garden

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Alan Titchmarsh attends the Chelsea Flower Show 2018 on May 21, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

People & Wildlife

Alan Titchmarsh discusses why he loves bee orchids

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How To

The Berry Cocktail © Emma Mitchell

How to make a wild berry cocktail, by Emma Mitchell

A common toad. © Sandra Stanbridge/Getty

Wildlife Gardening

How you can help hibernating amphibians

Illustrations by Alan Batley

Make a fat cake for your garden birds to enjoy

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Holidays and Days Out

Reader Holidays

Grant Arms Wildlife Book Festival 2019

Avocets © Richard Chew

10 best places in the UK to go birding in winter

Reader Holidays

Visit the kingdom of the polar bear with Nick Baker

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People & Wildlife

Melissa Harrison and her dog Scout. © Penny Dixie

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Melissa Harrison on dogs and nature reserves

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The wonder women of ornithology

How representative is nature conservaiton of British society? © Jamie Wignall

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Does nature conservation represent society?

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