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Papilio natewa. © Greg Kerr

New species of butterfly discovered in Fiji

Mountain gorilla. © Ludovic Hirlimann

Mountain gorillas no longer Critically Endangered

Weasel. © Miles Thorne/EyeEm/Getty

Genetic code of every species to be sequenced

Snow leopard photographed by a camera trap. © University of Cumbria

Snow leopards under the spotlight in Kazakhstan

The Mount Fansipan horned frog Megophrys fansipanesis. © Ben Tapley/ZSL

Two newly discovered frogs could already be endangered

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The badger was stuck down a 6-metre deep pit. © RSPCA

RSPCA praises young boys for helping stuck badger

Polar bear in Svalbard, Norway. © WWF

Humans have wiped out 60% of wild animals since 1970

Guillemots and eggs in Northumberland, United Kingdom. © Stephan Rech/Getty

Cracking the mystery of the guillemot’s egg

A Tristan albatross chick. © J Cleeland

House mice are eating seabird chicks at “an alarming rate”

Grand Title Winner 2018, Animal Portraits: The golden couple. © Marcela van Oosten (The Netherlands)/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018

Part of Lingham's collection © RSPB

Bird egg collector pleads guilty to five offences

Walking on the beach in Shetland. © Karen MacKelvie

Doctors in Shetland will be prescribing nature to patients

Wild orchids harvest to make sale © A. Hinsley

World's most illegally traded species being side-lined