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A gas has been found in the clouds of Venus that could have been created by microbes.

Animal populations have declined by 68% since 1970.

This is the first 3D preserved embryo of a sauropod.

Will 2020 become the year we stop taking nature for granted?

Animal populations have declined by 68% since 1970.

Will 2020 become the year we stop taking nature for granted?

They cover an enormous area of the UK and are home to many rare and declining wild plants, insects, amphibians and more.

The first official red list for British mammals has been produced.

Explore a selection of the latest Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition images.

Each year, these brutal festivals encourage the killing  of hundreds of thousands of rattlesnakes. 

Wildlife photographer and photojournalist Jasper Doest has been taking pictures of Japanese macaques for years after growing intrigued about their place in Japanese culture.

Explore some of the richest habitats the planet has to offer and discover the beauty and abundance of life on Earth with this gallery of images. 

Have you ever noticed the small mounds of sand on a beach at low tide? These are lugworm poos, and they hold a secret.

Making Sun prints is a fun activity that can turn leaves and flowers into simple but distinctive artworks.

Have you ever wondered what wildlife wanders through your garden when you're not watching?

Meet the beetles that fire a boiling chemical brew at predators that get too close for comfort.

Growth is usually thought of as from small to large, but marine iguanas occasionally do the opposite.

A gas has been found in the clouds of Venus that could have been created by microbes.

As well as intriguing vent animals, the team got to see humpback whales breaching in the bay.

Animal populations have declined by 68% since 1970.

This is the first 3D preserved embryo of a sauropod.

Will 2020 become the year we stop taking nature for granted?

Bronze Age people were keeping human body parts and preserving them.

Explore a selection of the latest Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition images.

The best places to hang out with bats and how to take them under your wing.

The air isn't just for insects, bats ora birds - there are a few other animals that can take to the skies.

Have you ever noticed the small mounds of sand on a beach at low tide? These are lugworm poos, and they hold a secret.

They cover an enormous area of the UK and are home to many rare and declining wild plants, insects, amphibians and more.

Prehistoric societies in the Britain were creating artistic designs on rock as long ago as the late Ice Age.

Making Sun prints is a fun activity that can turn leaves and flowers into simple but distinctive artworks.

The skull shape of birds is just a tiny fraction of the diversity that would have been seen in their dinosaur ancestors.

Before Instagram pet accounts and dog-related memes were a thing, Wolverley Chummie was a bona fide four-legged superstar.

For the first time ever, evidence of cancer has been found in the bones of a dinosaur.

If you see a snake blink at you, it's not a snake.

Meet some of the small and elusive felines roaming wild around the world

Cross-stitch your very own giant squid.

The first official red list for British mammals has been produced.

The first taxonomically verified checklist of the plants of New Guinea is complete.

The Royal Society Athena Prize is awarded to senior bird curator Alex Bond.

Find out about this ghostly silent, night-time hunter.