Animal facts

Animal ID

How to identify our British Wildlife

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How well do you know your UK deer species?

Red fox standing in the garden with flowers near the house in a suburb of London. © DG Wildlife/Getty

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How to identify animal droppings

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How to identify pond wildlife

Eurasian otter. © Ed Evans/Getty

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Mink or otter? How to tell the difference

Brown rat. © Mike Lane/Getty

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How to tell the difference between a brown rat and a water vole

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How to identify slugs and snails

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Amphibians

Mountain chicken frog. © Durrell/ZSL

Safe haven created for Critically Endangered frog

A malnourished frog. © Ministry of Housing and Urbanism of Chile

Dramatic rescue mission for rare frogs

Common frog. © Greg Hitchcock

Climate change responsible for spread of frog disease

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Birds

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Special protections recommended for emperor penguins

The female returns to the nest where her two-week-old chicks beg for food. © Luke Massey.

Peregrine falcons nesting on a Chicago skyscraper

Corncrake. Gerhard Hofmann / EyeEm/Getty

Future of corncrakes uncertain

Fish

Manta ray.

Top shark and ray traders identified

American pocket shark

Scientists discover new shark species that glows in the dark

Bottlenose dolphin. © Craig Jones/EyeEm/Getty

Fins and flippers quiz

Insects and Invertebrates

Colletes floralis

Northern Ireland’s bees under threat of extinction

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Monitoring and recording dragonflies in Scotland

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New study on the best garden plants for pollinators

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Mammals

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‘Theory of mind’ demonstrated in great apes

Pine Marten posing on log.

Pine martens released into the Forest of Dean

ZSL camera trap. Nepal Bengal tiger (c) DNPWC NTNC Panthera ZSL (2)

Conservation efforts increase tiger numbers in Nepal

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Reptiles

Big headed turtle. © ZSL London Zoo

Unusual turtles find a new home after smuggling ordeal

Grass snake on the woodland floor during the summer. © Jamie Hall/Getty

Fact file Grass snakes, the UK's largest native reptile

Amazon tree boa. © Jeff Chandler/Getty

New findings reveal the origins of modern day snakes