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Dead dolphins on the bank of the Percuil river, near Falmouth, in Cornwall on 9 June 2008 after a pod of around 15 striped dolphins swam up river, before they beached in Porth Creek

Navy blamed over death of Cornish dolphins

Exercises could have contributed to the mass stranding of 26 dolphins near Falmouth, a scientific report found.

Inside Nature

The large blue

The butterfly that came back from the dead – thanks to the red ant

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Michael McCarthy celebrates the 25th anniversary of large blue's reappearance

The impact of beavers has been instant after several large trees were cut down since they were returned to the Scotland

Beavers return in full force

Monday, 15 June 2009

The mammal's comeback has had an instant impact on the Scottish environment, as Michael McCarthy witnesses

The Desert Horned Viper lurks in sand, only eyes, nostrils and horns above the surface.

As Iraq runs dry, a plague of snakes is unleashed

Monday, 15 June 2009

Patrick Cockburn: Falls in the levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have left the rural population at the mercy of heat, drought – and displaced wildlife

23. Chequered skipper This tiny but handsome butterfly requires a serious effort to find, for it has gone extinct in England and is now to be found only in fairly remote parts of the Scottish Highlands. Check the weather forecast before you go; if the sun isn't shining, you may not find it.

Epic trip to trace the remotest of our native butterflies

Saturday, 13 June 2009

The latest stage of our hunt involves an uncomfortable visit to the Highlands

Flood-hit communities warned of more rain

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Flood warnings remained in force for parts of northern England today after torrential rain poured into homes and caused gridlock on the roads.

Ospreys were extinct in Britain from 1916, when the last birds were shot in Scotland

Ospreys nest again after two centuries

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Ospreys, the spectacular fish hawks whose return to Britain has been a conservation success story, have nested in Northumberland for the first time in more than two centuries.

A hummingbird that makes death-defying dives has been found to be
the fastest thing on two wings - for its size. Scientists say that it experiences G-forces that would make a trained fighter pilot faint from the stress

How a hummingbird in love can move faster than a jet

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Actually it's a bird that flies faster than a fighter-plane, relatively at least.

Michael McCarthy: A special hat-trick on a special island

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Nature Notebook: The countryside is as unspoiled as Dorset must have been 30 years ago

Bluefin tuna is being over-fished and its numbers can't be sustained, scientists say

Public support creation of marine nature reserve

Monday, 8 June 2009

More than four fifths of people support the introduction of a nature reserve in our seas to protect stocks of fish, according to a survey published today on World Oceans Day.

Glanville Fritillary

Butterfly chaser who was branded mad for her pursuit of the insects

Monday, 8 June 2009

The latest leg of our hunt takes us to the Isle of Wight to hear the inspiring story of Eleanor Glanville

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