Super Nature review – crowd-sourced Super 8 film is a triumphant collage of hope for the natural world
Wildlife | The Guardianby Leslie Felperin·1 Sept 2026
This delightful, fleet-footed film represents a labour of love both for its writer-director-producer-editor, Briton Ed Sayers, and his many, many collaborators who shot the film’s footage on Super...
Country diary: A wasps’ nest in our shed is a work of art, a family saga | Mark Cocker
Wildlife | The Guardianby Mark Cocker·1 Sept 2026
It was 9 June when I noticed a miniature paper “lampshade” hanging from the back beam of our shed.
Country diary: For the gannets of Bass Rock, it’s a slow road to recovery | Lev Parikian
Wildlife | The Guardianby Lev Parikian·31 Aug 2026
The sign asks us not to disturb the birds. Understandable. It’s easy to miss the nests a couple of feet above your head until your hair’s parted by an incoming house martin.
Trump rollback of US forest protections could accelerate extinction of 400 endangered species
Wildlife | The Guardianby Maya Yang·28 Aug 2026
More than 400 endangered animal and plant species could face accelerated extinction after the Donald Trump administration’s decision to rescind a rule that has protected old-growth forests for more...
‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer
Wildlife | The Guardianby Isaaq Tomkins·25 Aug 2026
“The rodents have paid for every single bill I’ve ever had – every mortgage, every car payment, every pint of Guinness,” says Dr Robert Corrigan.
Harry Green obituary
Wildlife | The Guardianby Stephen Moss·24 Aug 2026
The conservationist Harry Green was a naturalist of the amateur school, with an encyclopedic knowledge of British wildlife based on a lifetime in the field.
Australia has just 12,000 sea lions left – and ‘carnage’ may await them as bird flu takes hold, scientists warn
Wildlife | The Guardianby Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent·24 Aug 2026
Scientists have warned deadly H5 bird flu could cause “carnage” for Australia’s seal and sea lion populations after detection of the virus in long-nosed fur seals in South Australia.
New Mexico man killed in rare fatal bear attack, only second in state in a century
Wildlife | The Guardianby Victoria Bekiempis·21 Aug 2026
In a rare kind of attack, a bear killed a man in Crystal, New Mexico, on Thursday, local police said.
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
Wildlife | The Guardianby Sandra Laville·21 Aug 2026
Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis.
Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment
Wildlife | The Guardianby Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent·21 Aug 2026
A 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans.
How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too
Wildlife | The Guardianby Whitney Bauck·20 Aug 2026
When James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz first decided to replace their lawn with native plants, they did not really know what they were doing.
Destructive and delicious: how an invasive deer in Hawaii is being turned into dinner
Wildlife | The Guardianby Kiki Aranita·20 Aug 2026
In 1868, the government of Hong Kong gave eight axis deer to Hawaii’s King Kamehameha V. They were a beautiful gift, these creatures that hail from south Asia, with their honey-colored pelts marked...
Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
Wildlife | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·19 Aug 2026
An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in more than 100 years, in a further sign that New York’s previously befouled waterways are recovering some of their ecological...
‘Success story’ hailed as bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire for first time since 1960s
Wildlife | The Guardianby Raphael Boyd·19 Aug 2026
Researchers have lauded two giant bluefin tunas being caught off the coast of Yorkshire for the first time in more than six decades as a “success story” for marine conservation.
Alaska athlete uses bear spray to fend off animal attack: ‘Nightmare come to life’
Wildlife | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas·19 Aug 2026
An Alaska marathon athlete used a repellant spray to fend off an attacking bear that officials say injured her while she ran on a popular trail recently – an encounter that she has since described...
Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds
Wildlife | The Guardianby Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent·19 Aug 2026
Carbon pollution has fuelled a “massive expansion” of marine heatwaves in Europe this summer, research has found, with some waters recording temperatures 6C higher than normal.
Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say
Wildlife | The Guardianby Nicola Davis Science correspondent·18 Aug 2026
Humans turn to heated blankets and fluffy socks to cope with winter, but long-clawed shrews have a very different adaptation: they increase the size of their snouts.
‘We humans are inept at taking care of baby animals’: why well-fed orphan bears die in the wild
Wildlife | The Guardianby Rebecca Ratcliffe·18 Aug 2026
The orphaned grizzly bear cubs were bulked up with a generous diet of roadkill, watermelon, dog food and snacks donated by the public. Their contact with carers was limited to two people.
Scientists who turned to OnlyFans to fund marmot research receive crypto boost
Wildlife | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·18 Aug 2026
Scientists who turned to OnlyFans to help save long-running research into marmots have raised more than $100,000 after harnessing the support of another, very modern, funding avenue –...
Country diary: Waiting for a nightjar is elusive and maddening – then thrilling | Mark Cocker
Wildlife | The Guardianby Mark Cocker·18 Aug 2026
The setting sun spread a last Iberian glow over the hills opposite before they were drained of colour and sound, and by 9pm, the world was in monochrome.
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