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Spiders tend to enter Irish homes during September and October when they go looking for a mate. While most are harmless, they can be terrifying for many people. Experts have shared top tips for repelling spiders at a low cost this autumn.

There are no other species like the epaulette shark in the world, which grows no bigger than one metre and uses its fins to drag itself along the ground like a sea lion

The most popular palms in the world come from the tiny Lord Howe Island – and were the reason for the start of high-ceilinged atriums. By James Wong

Zookeeper and national treasure Steve Irwin tragically died 16 years ago after he was attacked by a stingray while filming a documentary on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

On a tropical island in North Queensland, an iconic marsupial lives its best life away from predators. So why does the population still fluctuate significantly? Scientists are trying to find out.

Dedicated carers have endured swampy, mosquito-filled conditions to locate an orphaned wombat joey. And it would give all of them enormous pleasure to let him go.

The more the merrier. Live and let live

Almost 8,000 people have so far signed a petition against the proposal which has been described as a ‘silent cull’

Slime is made up of proteins called mucins, which are vessels for sugar molecules. These sugars are the key taskmasters in making things slimy.

Marcus Rashford plans to create meadows and grasslands for wildlife to thrive in, protecting mammals like voles and hedgehogs as well as nesting birds such as robins, chaffinches, wrens and blackbirds

Sterner action by booking government officials needed, they say