Animals

Country diary: In the dead of night, my garden comes alive

Langstone, Havant: Unbeknownst to me, a whole soap opera was carrying on – with six hedgehogs in the ‘wild corner’

Claire Stares

26, May, 2022 @4:30 AM

Secrets of California’s skydiving salamanders revealed by researchers

Wandering salamanders live in the world’s tallest trees and wind tunnel tests show how the amphibians take their ‘leaps of faith’

Katharine Gammon

25, May, 2022 @2:51 PM

‘Itchy, yucky, unpleasant’: wet weather brings leech invasion to NSW suburbs

Residents tell of close encounters with the blood-sucking creatures which are spreading because of high rain and humidity

Caitlin Cassidy

25, May, 2022 @6:55 AM

Half of UK’s butterfly species vulnerable to extinction as five join red list

Time is running out to save 58 resident species, Butterfly Conservation warns

Patrick Barkham

25, May, 2022 @5:01 AM

Monkeypox isn’t the disease we should be worried about | John Vidal

Climate change is likely to exacerbate the rapid spread of viruses and pathogens, says John Vidal, former Guardian environment editor

John Vidal

25, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

Country diary: What’s up, mouse? There’s much here looking to kill you

Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: Visible, exposed, vulnerable, we both look out at this ominous world

Paul Evans

25, May, 2022 @4:30 AM

‘No excuses’: limited conservation efforts could save at least 47 Australian animals from extinction

Scientists hope Albanese government addresses extinction crisis as new research shows 63 vertebrates face annihilation by 2041

Lisa Cox

24, May, 2022 @5:30 PM

Green light for return of red-footed tortoises to Argentina

Last seen in the South American country 20 years ago, 40 are being reintroduced to El Impenetrable park in the coming weeks

Graeme Green

24, May, 2022 @6:30 AM

From bored goldfish to sexist dogs: 13 common pet problems - solved!

Does your rabbit chew the table legs? Are your gerbils constantly squabbling? Our crack squad of animal behaviourists are here to help

Hattie Garlick

23, May, 2022 @12:00 PM

‘A gaping wound’: how a film about birds of prey is a warning to India’s capital city

Meditative documentary All That Breathes is about two brothers’ devotion to protecting black kites against a backdrop of pollution and violence in Delhi

Saptarshi Ray

23, May, 2022 @9:44 AM

Luzzu review – beautifully observed study of fishers trying to stay afloat

Casting real-life fishers as his stars, Maltese-American director Alex Camilleri’s paean to his homeland is a neo-realistic classic in the making

Phuong Le

23, May, 2022 @8:00 AM

‘Dawn of a new creature’: after a vicious attack, a city ponders living with coyotes

Dallas is home to several packs of coyotes, which can become unusually comfortable with neighbors – and on 3 May, one dragged a toddler off a porch

Charlie Scudder