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Bumblebee on a blooming linden flower.

Why do we find dead bumblebees under lime trees?

A humpback whale under the water

Humpback whales can learn songs from other populations, study reveals

Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is a species of parrot that has been extinct in the wild for over 20 years. © Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP)

Extinct parrot from Rio makes a comeback in Brazil

Giant water lily pads and one white flower.

20 of the new species discovered so far this year

Bison at Wildwood Trust. Credit Wildwood Trust

Ancient bison are back in the UK

Chimpanzees in Douala-Edea National Park, Cameroon. © ZSL

Wild chimpanzee mother and baby photographed for first time in Cameroon national park

A great skua tries to steal a fish from a northern gannet under the cliffs in Noss, Shetland Islands.

Avian flu is killing thousands of UK birds

Rosy-faced lovebird climbing a tree.

Do three-legged parrots exist?

Rangers from the Black Mambas, South Africa © Julia Gunther

It’s World Female Ranger Week

Male southern giraffes (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) fighting in Kruger National Park, South Africa. © Christian Vorhofer/Getty

Why do giraffes have long necks?

The greater mouse-eared bat feeds on larger flying and ground insects © Theo Douma/Agami/Alamy

Buzzing bats bamboozle birds

Secretary bird, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania © Alexander Lees

Global bird populations face huge declines

Flow Country © David Tipling/Universal Images Group/Getty

Scotland’s Flow Country steps closer to World Heritage status

A red-billed leiothrix perched on the edge of a seed dish at a bird feeder station.

Could the red-billed leiothrix join our dawn chorus?

Sir David Attenborough poses with a medal outside of Windsor Castle.

Sir David Attenborough appointed Knight of the Grand Cross