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An orangutan stole my camera and took close-up selfies – in picturesWildlife photographer Ian Wood has been capturing great apes in the wild for decades, but when a young orangutan discovered his hidden camera on a recent Borneo trip he got some truly unexpected results
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Follow that stork! How animals move through cities – mappedThese seven maps offer a glimpse into the lives of animals trying to make their way in our increasingly urbanised world
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Red list: thousands of species at risk of extinction due to human activityUnsustainable farming, fishing and climate change has intensified the struggle for survival among vulnerable animals and crops, says IUCN at the release of its latest list of endangered species
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Royal Society Publishing Photography competition 2017 - in picturesThe Royal Society’s annual contest celebrates the power of photography to communicate science
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Climate change is radically reshuffling UK bird species, report findsNew migrants are arriving while rising temperatures drive others away, and egg laying is taking place earlier in the year
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Oceans under greatest threat in history, warns Sir David AttenboroughBlue Planet 2 producers say final episode lays bare shocking damage humanity is wreaking in the seas, from climate change to plastic pollution to noise
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Country diary 1967: sniffing out birds at the sewage farm5 December 1967 CM Gadd was apparently the first person to realise how birds are attracted to municipal sewage farms
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Britain’s coral reefs and marine wildlife are equal to anything on Blue Planet IIThe waters surrounding the British Isles contain riches to rival the tropics – and they’re just as in need of protection, writes the marine biologist Fiona Gell
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'Having a bit of a tinker': John Clarke, birds, and the daily pleasure of writingPhotographing birds and tinkering with words were two of John Clarke’s favourite pastimes. Here they come together in excerpts from a new book showcasing his body of work
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Country diary: quieter times for BadgeropolisDolbenmaen, Gwynedd This sett was, I think, first occupied in the early 1950s, its entrances concealed among dense rhododendron thickets
My best shot Liza Dracup's best photograph: a barn owl hit by a lorry