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The £2 tip to keep spiders out of your house as Autumn beckons

As spider season starts, an expert shares her tip for making sure the eight-legged fiends don't take up residence in your home

Chronicle Live · Sep 7, 2022

Fisherman left astonished after accidentally hooking giant 10ft long shark

Hakan Karakas was fishing in Turkey when he had left his line unattended as it hung over the side of his boat in the hope of pulling in a catch - but was shocked at what he caught

Daily Mirror · Sep 7, 2022

Man had arm bitten off in alligator attack before getting lost in wilderness for 3 days

Eric Merda was trying to swim across a lake when he was attacked by the alligator, which made off with his arm. Despite spending the next three days lost in the woods, Eric lived to tell the tale

Daily Mirror · Sep 7, 2022

Environment Agency told to protect wetlands in landmark court case

Victory for couple shows continuing role of European nature conservation laws in post-Brexit Britain

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022

Gamekeepers fear 'vexacious' claims as Scottish Government set to license grouse moors

THE Scottish Government is preparing to introduce licensing for grouse moors.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 7, 2022

Dennis Anderson: Are biologists counting ducks that aren’t there? Maybe

Aldo Leopold said early last century that few species were as difficult to manage as ducks.

Tribune News Service · Sep 7, 2022

Belfast parks getting £108k to create insect super highways in first NI Buglife project

The 'Belfast's Buzzing' project aims to restore habitat for insect pollinators at several parks

Belfast Live · Sep 7, 2022

NSW closes border to Victorian beehives following detection of braula fly in illegal hive movement

A border closure is preventing all beehives from being allowed to enter New South Wales from Victoria, after the braula fly was found on two new properties.

ABC News · Sep 7, 2022

Specieswatch: how whirligig beetles evolved to occupy an environmental niche

Fossils show species has been around for millennia and evolved to occupy surface of fresh water

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022

Country diary: A holly blue butterfly at the very edges of existence

Crook, County Durham: It is almost miraculous that this tiny beauty is here at all. Now it has to contend with an upset climate

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022