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The new species is now known as Joseph's racer, was first collected in the mid-19th Century.

People are urged to keep an eye out for the whale last seen off Isleworth.

Seals either swim with their tails or with their flippers. 

Dating to roughly 78,000 years old, the grave is the oldest human burial discovered in Africa to date. 

Data on three bat families will be released on an open platform and made available to researchers all over the world.

Would you eat a steak grown by scientists?

Future farmers face a big challenge: feeding everyone on Earth while being kind to the planet. Could genetically modified food be the answer?

Billions of plastic particles accumulate on remote islands mostly via sea.

Wildlife photographer and entomologist Dr Piotr Naskrecki introduces the peculiar insects that spend their entire lives clinging to bats for dear life.

Meet the young women and girls changing the face of wildlife photography.

Irwin's capture of a bushfire wins the WPY People's Choice Award 2020.

Bushfires are becoming increasingly common across Australia. Discover how the warming climate is restricting the ecosystem's ability to regenerate. 

Growing native wildflowers helps provide the right food for pollinating insects, making life better for your local wildlife.

For a summer gardening project and a sustainable swap, luffa fruits can be grown to be used in place of synthetic sponges.

Meet the tiny, gelatinous animal that has found a way to live forever.

Give solitary bees a home by making this simple, DIY bee hotel.

Growing native wildflowers helps provide the right food for pollinating insects, making life better for your local wildlife.

The new species is now known as Joseph's racer, was first collected in the mid-19th Century.

People are urged to keep an eye out for the whale last seen off Isleworth.

Data on three bat families will be released on an open platform and made available to researchers all over the world.

Seals either swim with their tails or with their flippers. 

Dating to roughly 78,000 years old, the grave is the oldest human burial discovered in Africa to date. 

Frog skulls have revealed that a frog's environment is the main driver of its skull shape, but that tadpole feeding behaviour influences how fast frogs evolve. 

Peregrine falcons have adapted to urban living, but what's the best way to see the fastest bird in town?

Would you eat a steak grown by scientists?

It's more common for mammals to have evolved smaller body sizes which makes it look like the brain is getting bigger. 

Marsupials have missed out on their evolutionary potential because of how they reproduce.

Future farmers face a big challenge: feeding everyone on Earth while being kind to the planet. Could genetically modified food be the answer?

Wildlife photographer and entomologist Dr Piotr Naskrecki introduces the peculiar insects that spend their entire lives clinging to bats for dear life.

The algae could also be of interest in developing new drugs. 

It could help deepen our understanding of the red planet. 

From the goblin shark to a tiny wasp named after a creature in Harry Potter, discover the animals that take their names from folklore or fiction. 

The world is running out of soil - here's why that's a problem.

Billions of plastic particles accumulate on remote islands mostly via sea.

For a summer gardening project and a sustainable swap, luffa fruits can be grown to be used in place of synthetic sponges.

We may often think of beetles as being relatively small, but there are some species that reach extraordinary sizes.

Return of the beavers will increase British biodiversity and help manage floods.

Meet the tiny, gelatinous animal that has found a way to live forever.

Their hearing may have been why these dolphins survived when all other relatives died out.

For the first time ever the two species of African elephants has been assessed separately.