Sam Stocks

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Benefits from daily connection to nature are lasting, finds study

Red squirrel with nuts. © Neil Burton/Getty

Pine martens help to restore red squirrel population in UK and Ireland, finds research

The Atlantic puffin, at home on the Farnes for breeding season. Credit Paul Kingston NNP

Puffins show resilience to extreme weather on the Farne Islands

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Wildlife first for wild whale shark ultrasounds

Leatherback turtles – which arrive in British waters during summer months to feed – can be particularly vulnerable to litter in the seas, as they can mistake plastic bags for their jellyfish prey, which can result in their death. © Herve06 / iStock

Number of plastic bags on UK beaches nearly halved

Extending as far south as northern Africa, the cirl bunting is at the limit of its European range in southwestern England. © MikeLane45 / iStock

Britain’s cirl buntings are back from the brink

Humpback whales played a starring role in BBC One's The Hunt: Hunger at Sea episode

BBC natural history filmmaker selected as BAFTA Breakthrough Brit

The red-capped manakin – found in the tropical and subtropical lowland forests of Central and South America – is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. © epantha/Getty

New study claims that the IUCN Red List is inaccurate

Prince Harry spent nearly three weeks working with African Parks to translocate 261 elephants in Malawi. © Frank Weiter/African Parks

Prince Harry helps to relocate 500 elephants

Although they used to range as far north as California and Texas in the USA, jaguars now only survive in Central and South America, from Mexico to north Argentina. © Claudia Wultsch

Isolation threatens jaguar population

The report found that the African elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching. © Martin Harvey / WWF

Wildlife populations are set to decline by 67 per cent by 2020

Lithodytes lineatus is the only species of frog in South America known to mimic the chemical signals of another species. © Albertina Pimentel Lima

Amazonian frog produces its own ant repellent

Bitterns are listed as an Amber List species in the UK © bereta/iStock

Bittern baby boom

A puffin colony on the Farne Islands. © Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

RSPB calls for seabirds to be protected at Marine Conservation Zones

Rarely, common dormice, which are typically golden brown in colour, can be black. © Max Anderson

Black dormouse is UK wildlife first in Devon’s Blackdown Hills