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Wild pine marten in undergrowth/Credit: Josh Twining

Changes to the natural landscape could put pine martens at threat, finds study

Loa water frog

Critically endangered Loa water frogs given a lifeline in Chile

Looking down onto autumnal forest, Getty Images

The Woodland Trust pledges to plant 50 million trees by 2025

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

Salmon bred in captivity have fewer offspring in the wild

Family out walking in the park. © Frank and Helena/Getty

COVID-19 strengthens our connection with nature

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

Origins of bearded vulture in the UK revealed

Perfectly still water at sunset, Loch Morlich, Glenmore Forest, Cairngorms National Park/Credit: Getty Images

Cairngorms nature-monitoring project is first in the UK

Painted lady butterfly stamp. © Royal Mail

New postal stamps to celebrate pollinators

Sir David Attenborough pictured in the Maasai Mara in Kenya while filming David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. © Keith Scholey/Silverback Films

When is David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet on Netflix?

Future food - Akkoub, Gundelia tournefortii (Credit - RBG Kew)

40% of world’s plant species face extinction

A pygmy marmoset and a katydid. © Apple TV+

When is Tiny World on Apple TV+?

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

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Endangered African grey parrots rescued from wildlife traffickers

Only a few of the ostracods in the amber piece could be studied using light microscopy, like this individual of the new species Myanmarcypris hui. Its antennae extend from the bivalved shell. Most other specimens lie too deep in the amber or the view is obstructed by debris particles. © He Wang and Xiangdong Zhao

100 million year old giant sperm is world’s oldest

Thistle-down velvet ant. © Joseph S. Wilson

Remarkable similarity between fluffy ant and fruit is not due to mimicry