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
23, May, 2022 @8:00 AM
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