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Nights are becoming around 10% lighter each year, which has implications for the health of both humans and wildlife. 

More than 250 titanosaur eggs have been uncovered in India, revealing more about the lives of some of the largest animals which ever lived.

Fighting for mates may be a behaviour that dates back over 400 million years.

The Yangtze finless porpoise has faced habitat loss and a reduced range as a result of sand mining, but a suspension of the practice offers hope that they could recover. 

Nights are becoming around 10% lighter each year, which has implications for the health of both humans and wildlife. 

In this article we look at how to take photos ethically, including tips from Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 

The Yangtze finless porpoise has faced habitat loss and a reduced range as a result of sand mining, but a suspension of the practice offers hope that they could recover. 

Invasive rats are devastating tropical islands, with effects reaching far beyond the land. 

In this article we look at how to take photos ethically, including tips from Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 

Discover the stories behind the stunning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year's 2023 People's Choice Award.

As the Competition moves into its fifty-ninth year, we welcome Kathy Moran as the new Chair of the Jury. 

Karine Aigner's dynamic photo of a bee mating ball stole the show at the fifty-eighth Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards. 

Catch up on season one of our interactive behind-the-scenes live stream.

Every culture in the world has at least one mythical character who, in some way, represents wisdom, knowledge or just plain common sense.

Pond dipping is a wonderful way to look at the creatures that live in and around pond water. 

A log pile can give home and shelter to some of the smaller inhabitants of your garden.

Nights are becoming around 10% lighter each year, which has implications for the health of both humans and wildlife. 

Planting a diversity of shrubs, climbers and small trees can help boost biodiversity. October to April is prime planting time, so have your spade at the ready.

In this article we look at how to take photos ethically, including tips from Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 

More than 250 titanosaur eggs have been uncovered in India, revealing more about the lives of some of the largest animals which ever lived.

The Yangtze finless porpoise has faced habitat loss and a reduced range as a result of sand mining, but a suspension of the practice offers hope that they could recover. 

Fighting for mates may be a behaviour that dates back over 400 million years.

Katydids are the earliest known animals to evolve complex communication using sound.

Though it may have gone extinct over 600 years ago, understanding more about Astrochelys rogerbouri could help to save its living relatives. 

With their pincers, horns and armour, these minibeasts might look terrifying, but luckily for us they are tiny and harmless.

An orange-sized space rock blazed across the skies on Monday 9 January.

Virgin Orbit is hoping to launch a rocket carrying a payload of satellites into space from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport.

Invasive rats are devastating tropical islands, with effects reaching far beyond the land. 

Here are just 20 of the ways humanity's efforts to help nature paid dividends in 2022.

The skulls of early herbivores are helping scientists to understand how a diverse group of dinosaurs evolved different ways of eating plants.

Professor Chris Stringer has been awarded a CBE and Dr Sandra Knapp and Dr Richard Fortey an OBE.

It has never been more important to describe as much of the natural world as possible.

Current turtle habitats are likely to become unsuitable, but new areas could become available.

Two Museum experts highlight the stories and science behind some of our most festive flora.  

Winter is a time where many animals conserve their energy, fly south or grow a thicker coat.  

From looking like Pokémon to having more nipples than any other mammal, tenrecs are an unusual bunch. 

Flocks of starlings form ever-changing, mesmerising aerial displays in autumn and winter. 

One of the most unusual self-defence techniques in the animal kingdom has been uncovered.

We interviewed Daisy about her work as an artist, curating an exhibition, and her feelings on museums and archives.

An unexpected series of eruptions at Stromboli may be due to changes in the volcano's internal 'plumbing'.