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Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.

This beautiful red flower will attract hummingbirds to your yard in September.

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation

TWO killer whales have been spotted around the Hebrides in a rare sighting

Buxton, Derbyshire: Our discovery apples have mainly gone to the jackdaws and crows. But here come a dozen red admirals, and they know what they like

Yellow-legged hornets are invading our yards and threatening our most precious pollinator.

It’s spider season - and if you aren’t a fan of the eight legged arachnids, here are some ways you can (try) to avoid them

Commonly known as the brain worm, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis infects a large range of wild and domestic herbivores

 It was May and the Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh was blooming with pink lotus. The wetland had water pumped into it from Sharda Canal – one of the oldest and largest irrigation systems in the state – to ease the nesting of open-billed stork and black-necked ibis.

Owenkillew River, County Tyrone: Vital populations of freshwater pearl mussels survive here, cleaning the water, encouraging the return of their ‘host’

Christmas Island flying fox numbers have declined as endangered species left without recovery plan