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Dragon islands – how people live alongside the world’s largest venomous reptile

Wild elephants roam Kui Buri National Park - one of the best places to see them in the wild in Thailand. © Kosin Sukhum/Getty

A wild future? Ex-captive elephants in Thailand are being given a new start

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Monkey business – if macaques want your food, they’re not going to ask for it!

Seen from below, the white bellies of lemon sharks help them to disappear in bright sunlight - the blue sky in this photo is misleading. From above, their yellow-tinted skin belnds in perfectly with the mangrove's sandy seabed © Shane Gross

The fascinating world of the lemon shark

28 year old Aman was kept as a pet for many years and - among other 'skills' - was taught to clap and smoke cigarettes.

The people who believe orangutans are family

How representative is nature conservaiton of British society? © Jamie Wignall

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Does nature conservation represent society?

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Life lines in the British countryside

Accessibility just requires forthought and good design © Eric Smith

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Wildlife for all: why and how to improve access

JAPAN - 2016/02/02: A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is sitting on snow in the winter in Abashiri Shiretoko National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Shiretoko Peninsula on Hokkaido Island, Japan. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dogs: Why canids rule the world

KENYA - 2016/08/27: A Black-backed jackal or Silver-Backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) in the grassland of the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Black-backed jackals: why family matters