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Government facing defeat over circus ban as animal groups dig their claws in

The Government is facing an embarrassing defeat over its refusal to ban wild animals from circuses in a crunch vote in the Commons next week.

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The bird that may explain why people are unfaithful

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Jerome Taylor: It may not work for Ryan Giggs but as a get-out clause for philandering finches it is just about perfect: I can't help cheating, it's in my genes.

Ladybird species are in decline

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

More than a fifth of the UK's ladybird species are in decline. The first atlas mapping the beetles reveals that, of the 47 different species, 10 have been decreasing in the past 20 years.

Environmentalists and tuna fishers manoeuvering at sea

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Environmentalists on the Mediterranean sent a small launch this morning to inspect a sea cage to determine whether it was holding tuna, but fishermen attacked them with debris, forcing a return to the mother ship.

UK 'should be made to restock fishing waters'

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Lewis Smith: The UK and other European countries must be forced by law to restock their seas to give the fishing industry a long-term future, the European Fisheries Commissioner demanded yesterday.

What's that you say, Flipper? Experts develop tools to talk to dolphins

Thursday, 9 June 2011

For decades scientists have been trying to fathom how dolphins communicate.

Australian cat curfew to save ringtail possums

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Cats in several Sydney suburbs will be ordered to curl up inside from dusk to dawn under a curfew that hopes to curb overnight attacks on native wildlife.

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