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Only six spade-toothed whales have ever been known to science

Findings could help improve human cardiovascular health, scientists say

Combs Moss, Derbyshire: Watching an oak eggar moth is hard enough, with its jinking, unpredictable flight. Somehow, hobbies hunt them

When I was in school, for a few weeks every year, caterpillars were the most exciting thing happening

Australia is renowned for its native flora and fauna, but did you know the continent is also home to about 3,000 “alien” species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes?

Australia is allowing a foreign super trawler to harvest a threatened fish species off Tasmania, amid serious concerns about a population crash.

It was first thought the species could be extinct

Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire: A place once of coke ovens and cooling towers is now enlivened with orchids and stonecrop, and swards of grasses

In Queensland’s northern reaches lie the Wet Tropics, spanning about 450 kilometres between Townsville and Cooktown. These mountainous rainforests are a relic of the ancient continent of Gondwana, dating back million of years when Australia and parts of Antarctica were covered in rainforest.