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Wildlife

July 2024

  • Curious bilby

    ‘Weird and cool’: bilby genome sequence could help to save the species

    Bilbies have the biggest genome of any marsupial, which could be down to how it evolved its incredible sense of smell
  • A fox standing on an urban wall.

    Brief letters
    Once foxes come, they’re here to stay

    Brief letters: Foxed by Camden council | Spatula posting method | Letterbox intolerance | Biden’s Waffle House | “Milliganesque”
  • Three people on a bright orange motorboat move across water toward fins.

    More than 100 dolphins stranded in shallow water around Cape Cod

  • A great white shark, among a few much smaller sharks, swim in bright blue water.

    Florida shark attack leaves man in critical condition

  • Common frog’s head poking out of a pond.

    Britain embraces pond life as aquatic garden plant sales boom

  • A man on a rock above a beach with a wooden board in his hand

    The Great British Seaside
    From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach

  • A field vole on log.

    Turning your garden into a haven for wildlife

    Letters: Elliot Lane, Beth McFarland and Geraldine Blake respond to an article on how to make your outdoor space into a diverse habitat
  • A puffin with a beak full of sand eels.

    The Great British Seaside
    Puffins, catsharks and sea squirts: how to spot wildlife on the British coast

    The 10,000 miles of coastline host a stunning variety of creatures, so put on a diving mask or just a pair of wellies and go on the hunt
  • A silverfish

    Country diary
    Country diary: A kitchen ‘pest’ that predates dinosaurs

    Langstone, Hampshire: It’s remarkable to think that silverfish – one of which has dropped off my cabbage – have been around for more than 400m years
  • A large male moose standing amid foliage in the forest

    The age of extinction
    ‘No chain stores, but moose on every corner’: as Colorado herds thrive, clashes with people rise

  • Rivers, land and seascape are being rewilded along a 100-mile stretch of coastline in Sussex Bay.

    The Great British Seaside
    ‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast

  • Two people crouching in river talking animatedly, with group of people in river behind holding up Green Party signs.

    River Wye needs ‘protection zone’, say Greens and Fearnley-Whittingstall

  • Jayson Byles forages on a beach in Scotland.

    The Great British Seaside
    ‘Otters pop up beside your kayak’: six coast fanatics reveal their favourite UK beaches

  • A hedgehog inside a clay drainage pipe surrounded by colourful flowering plants

    Build a hedgehog highway! 33 ways to welcome more wildlife into your garden

  • A leatherback turtle, the largest of all sea turtles.

    A moment that changed me
    A moment that changed me: I dived into the shadows of a shipwreck – and saw the 5ft turtle that altered everything

  • Elaine Holland, aged 88, on her organic allotment in Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, where vegetables were grown interspersed with flowers and herbs

    Other lives
    Elaine Holland obituary

  • Aerial photo of tiang, a species of antelope, in Boma and Badingilo national parks, South Sudan

    The age of extinction
    Migration of 6m antelope in South Sudan dwarfs previous records for world’s biggest, aerial study reveals

  • Brazilian rainbow boa Ronaldo's 14 baby snakes

    ‘Male’ Brazilian rainbow boa produces 14 baby snakes in ‘miracle birth’

  • A sign in tropical jungle that reads in English: "This is a protected area. Entry is barred by law"

    The age of extinction
    Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study

  • Tamayo Perry in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

    Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry dies in shark attack

    The actor, who also appeared in Blue Crush and Hawaii Five-0, was a lifeguard and professional surfer, described as a ‘legendary waterman’
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