Wildlife
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Volunteers try to save whales at New Zealand beach after mass stranding – videoDozens of volunteers form a barrier in Golden Bay in an effort to prevent more whales from stranding themselves after hundreds died there on Thursday night
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Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beachUrgent plea issued for locals to drop work and school commitments and head to the remote beach to save surviving whales
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Winter migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico drops after one-year recoveryExperts say decline to coverage of only 7.19 acres of forest could be due to late winter storms last year that knocked down more than 100 acres of trees
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Ivory is not beautiful, it’s barbaricI grew up with a piano in my bedroom, but now the thought of ivory fills me with revulsion. The UK needs to impose a total ban on the trade of elephant tusks
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Snake regurgitates tennis ball after mistaking it for food – videoA 1.5m-long carpet python manages to regurgitate an entire tennis ball after it was found swollen in a residential yard
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Patagonia pulls out of Utah trade show in protest of state's public land grabCompany founder has urged Utah governor to stop trying to undo the decision by former president Obama to create the Bears Ears National Monument
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You can do your bit to support hedgehogsLetters: We ask people to create 13cm square gaps in the bottom of their boundary fences and walls to join up usable habitat
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Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealedThe dorado catfish travels 11,600km from the Andes to the mouth of the Amazon and back, but is threatened by dams and mining
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Granddad the lungfish – the oldest fish in captivity – euthanised by Chicago aquariumGranddad, originally from Australia, was in his mid-90s when he began suffering from organ failure
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Why climate change is good news for waspsWeatherwatch Their numbers vary enormously from year to year, but warmer weather will provide wasps with more favourable conditions
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Hedgehogs now a rare garden sight as British populations continue to declineMore than half of people surveyed had never seen a hedgehog, once common in UK gardens
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Waxwings and spruce are Kinder trespassersCountry diary: Kinder Scout, Peak District Walking along the western escarpment, it feels like the land has been brushed by exoticism
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100 years ago: Otter braves the snow in search of breakfastOriginally published in the Manchester Guardian on 9 February 1917: On the snow now lies a line of footprints – the ‘seals’ of an otter
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Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest review – a paddle through the jungle, by wheelchairExplorer Benedict Allen and Frank Gardner hop in a dugout canoe to chase rare birds – and revisit old haunts – in Papua New Guinea
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Plan to return the lynx splits friends and families in Kielder Forest communityNorthumberland nature reserve community at odds over application to import six of the mammals from Sweden
Perth festival opens with an exquisite million-dollar spectacle – and an urgent warning