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Lulworth skipper butterfly

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UK will 'pause' publication of data showing biodiversity in decline

Next year will see an important meeting to agree global biodiversity targets, but the UK says it won't be publishing key data on wildlife and habitats

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Corallicolids and their hosts

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Mystery microbes have been lurking unsuspected in most coral species

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Animals get weighed at London Zoo annual weigh-in

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Health check for London zoo animals as annual weigh-in gets underway

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Green plants in an urban space

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Even tiny green spaces in cities help urban wildlife biodiversity

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Zebra rolling in the dust

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Zebras rolling in pits help give life to the Namib desert in Africa

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andre Penner/AP/Shutterstock (10753127a) Fire consumes land deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil Amazon Fires, Novo Progresso, Brazil - 23 Aug 2020

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Amazon fires have affected almost all the region's endangered species

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Vacuuming DNA from air can reveal which animals are present in an area

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Vacuuming DNA from air can reveal which animals are present in an area

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Kelp surveys on England's south coast monitor a key climate defence

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Kelp surveys on England's south coast monitor a key climate defence

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Why chemical pollution is turning into a third great planetary crisis

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Why chemical pollution is turning into a third great planetary crisis

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Beaver

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First baby beaver born in Exmoor, UK for 400 years

First baby beaver to be born on Exmoor, UK for 400 years spotted on the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset.

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UN plan would protect 30% of oceans and land to stem extinctions

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Locally extinct brushtail possums reintroduced in Western Australia

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The deep sea hosts twice as many shapes of fish as shallow waters

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Climate change and nature loss must be tackled together, says report

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