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Biodome plan will bring Congo to Cheshire
Sanctuary for endangered animals would make Chester zoo one of top five in world
Inside Nature
Treasure trove of new plants discovered by Kew experts
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Coffee plants, yams and orchids among bumper crop of species new to science.
Too good to be true? Focus on winning photo
Monday, 21 December 2009
Kunal Dutta: This image of an airborne Iberian wolf may have breached a wildlife competition rules.
Gorillas: still wild at heart
Monday, 21 December 2009
A pioneering project to reintroduce traumatised gorillas to their natural habitat is bringing extraordinary success. Chris Green reports on how British conservationists are achieving what few thought was possible
Where the wild things are: Two British artists head to Alaska's frozen north on the trail of the polar bear
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Nestled in the vast tundra of Alaska's North Slope, the island of Kaktovik is hard to spot on a map. A remote region, surrounded by sea ice, it is part of a 19.6 million-acre area of Arctic wildlife reserve, and boasts a fierce natural environment. In winter, temperatures regularly drop to minus 20 degrees, and strong winds hurtle across the sprawling, snow-white plains – making this the ideal natural habitat for some of the 25,000 polar bears still living in the wild today, as well as caribou, Arctic fox and more than 125 species of bird.
Eastern Britain warned of more snow on the way
Friday, 18 December 2009
Transport delays continued this afternoon - with more weather warnings issued for tonight.
Shadow Cabinet to brace seaside chill
Friday, 18 December 2009
Today may not be an obvious day to spend beside the seaside. But 10 members of David Cameron's Shadow Cabinet will brave the elements to campaign in Britain's coastal towns.
Commuters face chaos as more snow is forecast
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Commuters can expect travel chaos tomorrow after forecasters predicted significant snowfall in the South-east of England.
Villagers evacuated as volcano erupts
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The Philippines' most active volcano oozed lava and shot up plumes of ash yesterday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
Michael McCarthy: Why scruffy sites mean rich pickings
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Nature Notebook: There was the black redstart, nesting amidst the 1950s pin-striped stockbrokers
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