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11 tonnes of litter removed from British beaches

UK shoppers buy a whopping 54 of these 'bags for life' a year on average. © Martin Poole/Getty

‘Bags for life’ exacerbating the plastic problem

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Spending time in nature nurtures children

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How to have a sustainable and wildlife-friendly Christmas

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Sex bias shown in natural history museum specimens

Detail of hands showing microplastics on the beach

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Everything you need to know about microplastics

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Monitoring and recording dragonflies in Scotland

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Ben Fogle on why he is enchanted by hedgehogs

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When is Iolo’s Street Life on TV?

First recorded in the UK in 1879, false widow spiders have had a recent surge of media attention. © Alex Hyde/naturepl.com

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Truth or fiction: false widow spiders are a danger to children

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Beautiful wildlife-inspired cakes

Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral. © Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto/ Getty

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My Opinion: Mark Carwardine on the Notre Dame fire

Barrel jellyfish. © Dan Abbott

New jellyfish citizen science project launches

Bee identification in the field

Nominate your wildlife heroes

Belka and Strelka, Russian cosmonaut dogs, 1960. Belka and Strelka flew into Earth orbit on board Sputnik 5 on 19 August 1960 as part of the Soviet programme aimed at determining the viability of manned spaceflight. © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images

10 animals that have been to space