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A rugged coastal landscape along the Causeway Coast in Antrim, Northern Ireland

Causeway Coast voted favourite UK spot for wildlife

Orange-striped anemones were found living on the debris © Yale Peabody Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oceanic plastic rubbish hosts marine life

Mudskippers are amphibious fish © Afriadi Hikmal/Getty

Fish that can walk on land evolved the ability to blink like we do

Northern gannet showing black iris, indicating exposure to avian flu © Emily Burton/Scottish Seabird Centre

Gannet eye colour changes from blue to black following avian flu infection

Hippo, Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda © Digital Vision/Getty

Ivory ban extended to hippos and four other species

Wastewater from large sewage treatement plant flowing directly into a river. © Robert Brook/Getty

Water companies in England say sorry for sewage spills

Rain Garden. Kate Osmond_cmyk

How nature could help fix our flooding and sewerage problems

Bottle of Mezcal with worm. © Esdelval/Getty

Scientists discover the ‘worm’ is in the alcoholic drink mezcal

Black sea cucumber (Holothuria leucospilota) © Philippe Bourjon – some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Sea cucumber defends itself with sticky threads released from its bottom

Rufous-naped bellbird (Pachycephala rufinucha), Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. © Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty

Two new poisonous birds discovered

Without urgent action, the Scottish wildcat could become extinct. © David Tipling/Universal Images Group/Getty

Captive-bred wildcats to be released in Scotland

Dwarf reed snake cartwheeling. © Evan Quah

Snake performs cartwheels to escape from danger

Black leopard Panthera Pardus reclining on a fallen tree trunk looking to camera

New DNA evidence ‘confirms’ presence of big cats in the UK

Springwatch presenters. © Jo Charlesworth/BBC

BBC Springwatch: When is Springwatch on television and how can I watch it?

Japanese Whaling ship Nisshin Maru at port in Kagoshima, Japa

Japanese company is selling whale meat from vending machines