Animal facts

Animal ID

How to identify our British Wildlife

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

Identify Wildlife

How to identify animal droppings

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How well do you know your UK deer species?

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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

Identify Wildlife

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

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Identify Wildlife

How to identify slugs and snails

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Amphibians

Young European rabbit. © Andy Rouse/Nature Picture Library/Getty

British wildlife in April

Pool frog. © Chris Dresh

Pool frog guide: species facts, how to identify, and when they were reintroduced to the UK

Common frog and frogspawn. © Brian Mckay Photography/Getty

Common frog guide: how to identify, what they eat, and how to help them

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Birds

Male house sparrow. © Ray Kennedy/RSPB

RSPB reveals results from the Big Garden Birdwatch

Male house sparrow. © Edmund Fellowes/BTO

House sparrow guide: species facts, how to identify, and how to put up a nestbox for them

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People & Wildlife

Wildlife and mental health: how birdwatching saved my life

Fish

Giant Manta ray at a cleaning station in the Pacific. © Luis Javier Sandoval/VW Pics/UIG/Getty.

Manta ray guide: how to identify, diet and where they live

A spawning female Chinook salmon in Alaska.

81 dangerous substances found in salmon caught in Seattle

Basking shark in Ireland

Family matters for basking sharks

Insects and Invertebrates

Short-necked oil beetle. © Annie Haycock

One of the UK’s rarest oil beetles found in Wales

Female Bombylius major in Regent's Park, London. © Steven Falk

Insects & Invertebrates

Cute and fluffy: meet the bee-flies

Peacock butterfly. © Megan Shersby

Insects & Invertebrates

Garden butterflies to spot in March and April

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Mammals

Zodiac being released. © RSPCA

Young seal found miles inland released back into the wild

Female mountain gorilla with an infant in Virunga. © Piper Mackay/Getty

Virunga National Park closes to tourism to protect mountain gorillas from COVID-19

Overall Winner and Best Mammal Society Member Photo: Red fox on windscreen. © Roger Cox

Mammal Photographer of the Year 2020

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Reptiles

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Largest number of baby Siamese crocodiles spotted by conservationists in Cambodia

Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) world's largest living reptile, cooling himself with open mouth, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. © Australian Scenics/Getty

Saltwater crocodile guide: diet and where they live in the wild

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Royal Mint launches a commemorative 50p Dinosauria collection