Nature
Spotted again? India wants to bring back the cheetah
Andrew Buncombe: A Mughal Emperor kept more than 1,000 for hunting, but the big cat was declared extinct in the country 60 years ago.
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The butterfly only visible at 1,500ft
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Michael McCarthy travels to the Lake District in the latest stage of our Great British Butterfly Hunt
England's wildlife sites 'better protected now'
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Huge improvements have been made in protecting England's best wildlife sites in the past decade, a powerful all-party group of MPs said yesterday – but still more needs to be done.
Michael McCarthy: Look closely into the depths of a river ...
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Nature Notebook: A simple stream is so much more to its creatures: trout world, mallard chick playground, dipper workplace
Bugs! The critters eating America's forests
Sunday, 5 July 2009
They may be tiny, but they're marching across the US in their billions, killing vast swathes of woodland. Graham Mole reports on a modern-day plague.
The wombat: back from the brink
Sunday, 5 July 2009
One of the world's most threatened mammals manages to go forth into the forest – and multiply
How global warming shrank St Kilda's sheep
Friday, 3 July 2009
Darwinism turned on its head as milder winters allow smaller lambs to survive
Flood warnings issued as heatwave continues
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Britain's hottest week in years is threatening to become a wash-out, as parts of the South West were put on flood alert.
Sat nav fitted to puffins in bid to halt decline
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Tracking devices glued to birds as scientists try to explain slump
'Voracious' ladybird threatens native species
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
The recent arrival of the invasive harlequin ladybird in the UK is likely to threaten more than 1,000 native species, scientists warned today.
After the heatwave, stand by for the storms
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
After the hottest June for three years and a scorching start to July, forecatsers warn of a soaking.
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