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Tragic image of an orphan macaque wins wildlife photography award

Tragic image of an orphan macaque wins wildlife photography award

13 October 2020

This poignant image of an orphaned baby macaque awaiting its fate at a market in Bali won an award in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition


How to use plants to turn your home into a green building

How to use plants to turn your home into a green building

23 September 2020

Planting climbers like ivy can cover ugly walls, insulate your home and support local wildlife – and keeping it under control is easier than you would think, writes Clare Wilson


Photographer documents the fight to save pangolins from extinction

Photographer documents the fight to save pangolins from extinction

3 June 2020

Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked mammal. This image from a new photographic series features the efforts by conservationists to halt their decline before the creatures go extinct


Do ants bury their dead?

Do ants bury their dead?

27 May 2020

A reader writes in to explain how ants deal with their dead by some members of the colony becoming "undertakers"


The epic journeys of green sea turtles revealed by 50 years of data

The epic journeys of green sea turtles revealed by 50 years of data

20 May 2020

Using more than 50 years of satellite tracking data, a team found that green sea turtles will skip areas they don't know when looking for a foraging site even if they are suitable


Dazzling damselflies and a SpaceX plume commended by photo awards

Dazzling damselflies and a SpaceX plume commended by photo awards

15 April 2020

An aerial view of crabeater seals in Antarctica, mating damselflies and a twilight rocket launch were among the most lauded entries to the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year award


I'm protecting seabirds in one of the world's most overfished areas

I'm protecting seabirds in one of the world's most overfished areas

8 April 2020

West Africa's waters are a hotspot for illegal fishing, says conservationist Justine Dossa. She is working to change fishing practices and tackle pollution


Gorilla

Meet Kuimba, the French-born gorilla released into Gabon's rainforest

7 August 2019

Kuimba, a western lowland gorilla, adapts to her island home in Gabon after she was flown from a French zoo in a new project to save the endangered subspecies


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