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Highest ever ocean temperatures recorded
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Highest ever ocean temperatures recorded

Experts express alarm that the average global sea surface temperature hit new highs this summer

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October 2023
Fattening up for Christmas
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Fattening up for Christmas

Squirrels are super-busy getting ready to survive the winter months

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October 2023
Female of the Species - Bonobo
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Female of the Species - Bonobo

Lucy Cooke on the great apes forming a powerful sisterhood

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September 2023
Holding out for a hero
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Holding out for a hero

One brave woman, one soggy badger - and a jet ski

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September 2023
SNAP-CHAT WITH BBC WILDLIFE PICTURE EDITOR TOM GILKS
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SNAP-CHAT WITH BBC WILDLIFE PICTURE EDITOR TOM GILKS

Ben Hall on destructive deer and getting socked by a gannet

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September 2023
Algae: simple plants or simply plant-like?
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Algae: simple plants or simply plant-like?

WHAT ARE ALGAE? THE TERM IS used for everything from microscopic bacteria and plankton to pond slime and seaweeds, but unlike animals and many other living things, algal groups are an assortment without a single common ancestor. That said, one feature is shared by most algae in every group: photosynthesis – the ability to make food from carbon dioxide and sunlight, releasing oxygen, just like plants.

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September 2023
TOTALLY CHOUGHED
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TOTALLY CHOUGHED

After a 200-year absence, the rare red-billed chough has been returned to its ancient Kent homeland

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September 2023
Норе for the high seas
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Норе for the high seas

Global leaders have agreed to a landmark treaty that will safeguard marine life in our shared waters

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September 2023
HIDE AND SEEK
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HIDE AND SEEK

The western lowland gorilla is not as familiar as its mountain cousin, but the forests of Central Africa are gradually revealing the secrets of this elusive ape

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September 2023
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
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PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

An initiative in South Africa is using cameras to nurture the conservationists of tomorrow

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September 2023
GIMME SHELTER
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GIMME SHELTER

In Costa Rica, a pioneering charity is helping vulnerable sloths that have lost their homes due to deforestation

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September 2023
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
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STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

SEA SLATER - Meet the giant woodlouse that can only survive in the damp zone between land and sea

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September 2023
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
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BLOWIN' IN THE WIND

Catch all the action as spectacular cetaceans swim by our shores

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September 2023
MARK CARWARDINE
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MARK CARWARDINE

\"Why would killer whales attack yachts in 21st-century Europe?\"

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September 2023
Aim of the game
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Aim of the game

Adult craneflies appear in September with the purpose to mate

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September 2023
Speedy fish
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Speedy fish

After disappearing in the 1960s, turbocharged bluefin tuna are back

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September 2023
Hummingbirds know their drink-fly limits
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Hummingbirds know their drink-fly limits

New research shows that one particular species can function under the influence - up to a point

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September 2023
Lost & Found
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Lost & Found

COMMON SWIFTS ARE A FAMILIAR FIXTURE of our summer skies, but there are a number of rarer species in this bird family that visit as occasional vagrants from afar.

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September 2023
Iceland suspends fin whale hunting
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Iceland suspends fin whale hunting

The groundbreaking decision lasts until late August and could spell the end of whaling in the country

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September 2023
Katty Baird
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Katty Baird

National Museums Scotland volunteer and author of Meetings with Moths on documenting British Lepidoptera

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September 2023
GILLIAN BURKE
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GILLIAN BURKE

\"People still believe there's a ticking human population time-bomb\"

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September 2023
Nothing scary to see here
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Nothing scary to see here

House spiders start to appear indoors in search of warmth and a mate

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September 2023
Scarlet fever
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Scarlet fever

Black bryony is an unmissable hedgerow highlight

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September 2023
Milestone for iconic eagles
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Milestone for iconic eagles

For the first time in 240 years, a white-tailed eagle has fledged in the wild at a secret location in southern England

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September 2023
Return of the dragons
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Return of the dragons

Endangered lizard seen for the first time in more than 50 years

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September 2023
Mighty migrants
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Mighty migrants

Bar-tailed godwits show admirable athleticism

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September 2023
Shifting sands
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Shifting sands

When the sun sets, a baby turtle's life has only just begun

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August 2023
HOPE SPRINGS
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HOPE SPRINGS

Manatee habitat was threatened in Florida but is being restored, one blade of grass at a time

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August 2023
THE POWER OF PONDS
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THE POWER OF PONDS

Our farmland ponds have vanished, but new initiatives are bringing back these biodiversity powerhouses

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August 2023
LIVING IT LARGE
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LIVING IT LARGE

Patagotitan is likely the biggest dinosaur to have walked the Earth. Here's how it lived its supersized life.

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August 2023