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Dolphin cull film 'lies', says Japan
Pro-whaling officials have reacted angrily to news that a documentary about a gruesome annual dolphin cull in a remote Japanese fishing town has bagged an Academy Award.
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Michael McCarthy: A literary spell of warm weather
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Nature Notebook: Each essay feels like an outing with a knowledgeable yet unpompous guide to somewhere new and fascinating
Ecologists turn exterminators in the great rat hunt
Monday, 8 March 2010
Helicopters bombard South Atlantic island with poison to save rare birds
After almost four decades, the elm stages a comeback
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Schools are being sent thousands of saplings grown from cuttings of trees that weren't wiped out
EU nations split on whether to ban trade in tuna
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Divisions among member states will weaken chance of swinging international vote
Swiss to vote on enhanced legal rights for animals
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Tony Paterson: Referendum on crusade to enhance legal rights for animals expected to win support.
Wet summers drive five butterflies close to extinction
Friday, 5 March 2010
Three years of heavy rain and low temperatures made it hard for insects to fly.
Knut should be castrated, say animal activists
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Peta calls for polar bear to undergo operation 'to prevent risk of inbreeding'
London Zoo calls time on park's football fest
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Proposal for World Cup jamboree in Regent's Park scrapped after zoo staff raise animal welfare concerns
Spring is back to normal – after 15 freak mild years
Monday, 1 March 2010
The severe winter means that we still have to wait a few weeks for the return of blossoms, buds and wildlife, writes Michael McCarthy
Thames Barrier closed again to protect capital
Monday, 1 March 2010
The Thames Barrier was closed for the third time in two days today to protect London from a combination of high tides and swollen rivers following heavy rainfall over the weekend.
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