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MASHATU, BOTSWANA - JULY 26: at the Mashatu game reserve on July 26, 2010 in Mapungubwe, Botswana. Mashatu is a 46,000 hectare reserve located in Eastern Botswana where the Shashe river and Limpopo river meet. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Huge elephant translocation begins in Malawi

Tigers are kept in farms to be killed for their pelts and bones. © EIA

Tiger farms and the threat to wild tigers

The Silver Y moth doesn't normally choose a football pitch as its ideal habitat.

Euro 2016 final – why did moths invade the pitch?

The Natural History Museum wants to increase the number of people who visit its wildlife garden, but will there be a cost to the garden’s biodiversity? © stevenallan/iStock

Natural History Museum hit by garden row

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Zambia’s hippo cull to go ahead

Turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur, single bird on branch, Bulgaria, May 2013

RSPB plans to tag more turtle doves

A peacock Pavo cristatus with his feathers outspread, Blackbrook zoo, England

A peacock’s display is not only about colour

Beech leaf budding. © ChristineMartin/WTPL

Artificial light is causing spring to come early

Without warning, and from 150 metres away, the elephant charged. © Ian Redmond

Elephant ordeal for famous UK conservationist

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Black-tailed godwit threesome seen for the first time

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Britain’s blooming again – or is it?

Thousands of black-browed albatrosses die on longlines every year, though the species is still numerous and not regarded as threatened. © mzphoto11/iStock

Pod device saves seabirds

The spoon-billed sandpiper is classed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © WWT

Spoon-billed sandpiper eggs laid in captivity for the first time

A striped hyena has been seen with a wolf pack in Israel. © pum_eva/iStock

Two top predators combine forces

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Bat populations threatened by roads