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Australia’s woodland birds include colourful parrots, flitting honeyeaters, bright blue fairywrens and the unassuming “little brown birds”. Some, such as willie wagtails, laughing kookaburras and rosellas are found in urban gardens. Others, such as swift parrots and regent honeyeaters, are exceptional rarities for which bird enthusiasts spend days or weeks…

National Trust rangers brace for second year of mass deaths on islands off Northumberland coast

Sandy, Bedfordshire: We have the unbelievable good fortune to have a view – sort of – into the nest of this shy bird

Plans to reintroduce the big cat predators to the woods of the Scottish Highlands will be discussed at Holyrood at a meeting organised by rewilding charities.

Mudskippers are thought to be the only fish that can blink.

The Great Spotted Woodpecker weighs only 85g, with 130,000 breeding pairs found in the UK, with some in Ireland

A research team has discovered a parasite that’s been killing off sea urchins, but there’s no method to eliminate it yet

"It could still be stopped" says councillor, who will write to Michael Gove to ask for a U-turn

Experts ask the public to be on the lookout for the invasive species and kill them and their brood to protect US plant life