Animal facts

Animal ID

How to identify our British Wildlife

Western lowland gorilla dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years, in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. © Fiona Rogers/Getty

Guide to tautonyms, triple tautonyms, and binomial nomenclature

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Wildlife Gardening

How to identify and attract pollinators to your garden

Dunnock nest with eggs in Norfolk, UK. © David Tipling/Universal Images Group/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify birds’ eggs

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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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

Male pintail. © Marianne Taylor

Ducks of the UK: how to identify, behaviours and when to see them

Birdwatchers

Global Bird Weekend: when it is, and how to take part

‘Vigo’ the bearded vulture in farmland in the Lincolnshire fens. © Ashley James

Origins of bearded vulture in the UK revealed

Fish

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?

Painted lady butterfly. Getty

British wildlife in July

Insects and Invertebrates

Willoughby's leaf cutter bee and an Andrena bee species. © Lee Frost

Bug Photography Awards 2020

Common Sydney octopus showing a tentacle and suckers. © cbimages/Alamy

Insects & Invertebrates

Do octopuses ever live together?

California two-spot octopus. © Phil Garner/Alamy

Insects & Invertebrates

Why do female octopuses die after reproducing?

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Mammals

Wildlife Champion

Lucy Cooke explains why she cares so much about pygmy three-toed sloths

Cheetah cubs in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. © Andy Howe/Remembering Cheetahs

Remembering Cheetahs

Common octopus sitting among the rocks. © Dave Musgrove

Tales from the Bush

A swim in the sea with an inquisitive octopus

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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