Animals
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA playful polar bear cub in Berlin, a hopaway wallaby in Texas and a roaming vicuna in EcuadorGallery -
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Night parrot study retracted after inquiry into whether sightings were stagedQuestions have been raised over the credibility of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s research about finding traces of rare bird -
The Guardian view on rewilding Scotland: an immodest proposalEditorial: If undertaken in the right spirit, the restoration of huge tracts of the Highlands could be a hugely beneficial enterprise -
Tesco caused an outcry when it tried to prevent the birds making a trolley park messy at a store in Norwich, says author Kate BlincoeAre nets to stop swallows nesting any way to treat the natural world? -
Danish billionaires plan to rewild large swath of Scottish HighlandsScotland’s largest private landowners want to reverse years of land mismanagement, says adviser
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'No clue': environment department doesn't know if threatened species plans implementedAustralia has highest rate of mammal extinction in the world but government admits it ‘does not have data’ on plans -
Tim Flannery: people are shocked about climate change but they should be angryThe author and scientist, who has returned to his roots at the Australian Museum, says the world is about to see a major shift towards climate action -
Stags in the city: how deer found their way into our town centres and back gardensAs the UK’s deer population explodes, more of the animals are heading into urban areas. Why – and will they be welcome there? -
The last of Africa's big tusker elephants – in picturesIn partnership with Tsavo Trust and the Kenya Wildlife Service, Will Burrard-Lucas spent months photographing rare great tusker elephantsGallery
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Seven in 10 hen harriers in UK study likely illegally killedBird of prey 10 times more likely to die on English grouse moors than other habitats -
Country diary: iridescent beauties, pavilioned in splendourBuxton, Derbyshire: The drake mandarin duck ranks among the Earth’s most beautiful birds


Crufts uncovered: ‘Dog people look like hairdressers with very small clients’