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How to identify our British Wildlife

Gorse in the snow. © Getty

British wildlife in January

A mountain hare hunkers down in a snow storm in The Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland. © Lyle McCalmont/Getty

British wildlife in December

Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) circling over Britain's largest rookery, Norfolk, UK

Identify Wildlife

Roosting birds to spot this winter and how to identify them

Juvenile hedgehog in autumn, in Dorset. © Colin Varndell

British wildlife in November

A goldcrest perched on a bramble looking for insects. © Gary Chalker/Getty

Guide to tautonyms, triple tautonyms, and binomial nomenclature

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Amphibians

Loa water frog

Critically endangered Loa water frogs given a lifeline in Chile

Pelophylax nigromaculatus frog. © Shinji Sugiura

Aquatic beetle survives being swallowed alive by frogs

Giant horned frog tadpole. © Benjamin Tapley/ZSL

DNA detective work to match unusual tadpoles to adult frogs

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Birds

Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus / Parus caeruleus) at bird feeder eating fat mixed with seeds and nuts in winter

How to take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch

An adult chough with it's hungry baby in Wales, UK. © Sandra Standbridge/Getty

Corvids of the UK: how to identify, where to see them, and whether they are intelligent

Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross courting display. © Ben Dilley

Namibian fishing laws cut seabird deaths by more than 90%

Fish

Signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus on the edge of a river/Credit: Getty Images

American crayfish trapping fails to control invasive species, finds study

A wild salmon is leaping the waterfall at Buchanty Spout, Scotland. © RDPhotography/Getty

Salmon bred in captivity have fewer offspring in the wild

Great white shark. © Getty

Is there really no such thing as a fish?

Insects and Invertebrates

© Getty

People & Wildlife

20+ nature writing and popular science books on insects and invertebrates

Great fox-spider. © Mike Waite for Surrey Wildlife Trust

Extremely rare great fox-spiders rediscovered in Britain

The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata). © Gabriel Mendes/Getty

Five blood-sucking creatures

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Mammals

Chilli, a wild mother cheetah, at Samara Private Game Reserve, South Africa. © Mags Vorster/Hello Halo TV

When is Cheetah Family And Me on TV?

Maghogho and a pup look out over their kingdom at sunset. © Greg Hartman

When is Dynasties: Meerkat Special on TV?

A North American beaver drags small birch branch toward lodge in pond near Wonder Lake on autumn evening, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. © Paul Souders/Getty

Beavers’ activities can create oases and limit spread of US wildfires

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Reptiles

An almost two metre adult blue racer in Huron-Manistee National Forest. © Jordan Hill

Blue racer snake guide: how to identify, are they venomous, and where they’re found

Bojer's skink is endemic to Mauritius, but while it was once widespread across the islands, it is now critically endangered. © Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust

Threatened Mauritian reptiles rescued from disastrous oil spill

Marine iguana in the Galápagos Islands. © Joseph J Orsi

Marine iguana guide: where they’re found, why they’re unique and the threats they face

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