Animals
What do birds do with their spare time?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
04, Dec, 2022 @2:01 PM
A day at the beach: ‘I’m screaming through my snorkel … I didn’t think I’d ever get to see one’
Marine biologist Jacinta Shackleton was snorkelling on holiday when she had the sighting of a lifetime, a rare and beautiful blanket octopus
As told to Katie Cunningham
04, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM
‘For some it’s feed your kids or your dog’: Britons turn to pet food banks
Blue Cross pet food bank in Grimsby is facing growing demand as people struggle to afford to feed their animals
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent
04, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
Tributes for Brisbane meter reader mauled to death by dogs
Downer Group marks ‘tragic loss’ after Kane Minion, 42, died at a Greenbank property with serious injuries from a dog attack
Joe Hinchliffe
04, Dec, 2022 @2:11 AM
How a landmark bill and a small patch of land could save Florida’s panthers
The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide $1.3bn annually for wildlife and could speed up completion of a crucial wildlife corridor in one US state
Richard Luscombe
03, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM
Spoonbills rebound as UK farmers bolster tree cover and wetlands
Once common in England and Wales, the species was hunted to local extinction about 300 years ago
Helena Horton Environment reporter
03, Dec, 2022 @8:00 AM
World’s oldest recorded tortoise prepares for 190th birthday party
Jonathan, Seychelles giant tortoise given to Saint Helena in 1882, is also oldest known living land animal
Nicola Davis
02, Dec, 2022 @5:46 PM
Today’s life hack – how to eat a cane toad | First Dog on the Moon
Today we are preparing Queensland’s national dish – one of my favourite cane toad recipes
First Dog on the Moon
02, Dec, 2022 @4:24 AM
Lost and found: twitchers delight at sweet song of the black-browed babbler
Since the bird was ‘rediscovered’ by accident in Borneo in 2020, ornithologists have returned to study the melodious species last documented more than 170 years ago
Graeme Green
01, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM
Nature calls! We’re looking for children to write for the Guardian
Young Country Diary is back, and taking pieces from children about the natural world in winter
Guardian community team
01, Dec, 2022 @8:18 AM
Country diary: Anxiously checking the colour of my yow’s bottoms | Andrea Meanwell
Tebay, Cumbria: For an upland farmer, the long haul until springtime begins now. But one task is of utmost importance
Andrea Meanwell
01, Dec, 2022 @5:30 AM
Roar footage: Taronga zoo releases video of lions escaping from their Sydney enclosure
Zoo says investigation into ‘lion incident’ continues with specialist forensic engineer examining failure of ‘complex mesh fencing system’
Mostafa Rachwani
01, Dec, 2022 @4:00 AM
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