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A green turtle swimming in open water

There are just 7 species of sea turtle – Here's where to find them and how to tell them apart

Did you know there are seven different types of sea turtle? Tui De Roy takes an in-depth look at the different turtle species
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EMBARGOED TILL 17.00 TUESDAY 15TH 2026 Final touches are added to the Nature and Us gallery at the Natural History Museum ahead of its opening on 16 September, including a model of the famous Crystal Palace dinosaur. Nature and Us is a free gallery exploring our evolving relationship with the natural world through 50 remarkable objects. Credit: David Parry/ Natural History Museum

London’s Natural History Museum has just reopened a “hidden” gallery closed off since World War II

Objects on display include a hand axe found near a woolly mammoth and a replica jaw of a domesticated Palaeolithic dog
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Griffon vulture/ Credit: Aan Simpson 

How high do birds fly? One amazing species has been recorded at an astonishing 11,300m

How high birds fly depends on the species and whether they're hunting or migrating says Mike Toms.
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A pied wagtail perched on a fence.

Why do wagtails wag their tails? Possible reasons behind their constant tail-wagging

Mike Toms answers explains possible theories to why wagtails wag
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They look like whiskers, but these are no ordinary whiskers… Here's how seals use them to ‘see’ underwater and track prey

Jon Dunn explains the remarkable ways these seals use their whiskers.
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A close-up of an axolotl

It never grows up, is always smiling and can regrow its heart, brain and legs – meet nature’s real-life Peter Pan, almost extinct in the wild

Increasingly popular as pets thanks to their appearance in the Minecraft computer game, axolotls are Critically Endangered amphibians endemic to Mexico.
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Golden jellyfish

There’s a lake in the Pacific Ocean that’s home to millions of ‘sunbathing’ animals found nowhere else on Earth– and you can snorkel among them

On a tiny Pacific island, millions of creatures follow a strict schedule for their daily sun worship
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Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda illustration

“Imagine a huge pig with a turtle’s beak and tusks.” New prehistoric species discovered hiding in London’s Natural History Museum

The remains of a prehistoric animal species in London’s Natural History Museum have officially been classified – and it could change the dinosaur timeline
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Grizzly bear fight

Incredible footage shows moment two grizzly bears collide in Alaskan wilderness

The two male bears were filmed fighting over a female in Denali National Park and Preserve.
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How long do bird eggs take to hatch

From egg to chick: how long does it really take a bird egg to hatch?

Ever wondered how long eggs take to hatch? Stuart Blackman takes a look
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Chimpanzees hunting for ants

Remote cameras catch chimps teaching youngsters how to use tools to hunt

Captured in Senegal, one video appears to show a chimpanzee showing her daughter how to use a stick to extract ants from a nest.
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Weirdest insects in the world

"Imagine a small chipolata sausage to which some joker has tastelessly attached a mole cricket" 12 weirdest insects on the planet

The insect world is definitely a weird one - and there are some that are even weirder than the others. Discover some of the world's strangest and bizarrest insects
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Elephant seal couple. Credit: Foto4440/Getty Images

"She may eat parts of her own arms to essentially accelerate her own demise." 8 females with the worst, most horrible, lives ever

In the animal kingdom, it's often females that wield the power - but that doesn't mean they have it easy.
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They might look like splodges of bird poop, but these white blotches are actually living animals – and they can’t move

Why do some animals have slit-shaped pupils

Why do some animals have weird slit-shaped pupils and humans big round ones?

Why some animals have slit-shaped pupils in their eye, while others - like humans - have round
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A spider in its web

Spiders weave sticky, deadly webs to trap prey, so how do they avoid getting stuck themselves?

Just how spiders avoid getting stuck in their own webs involves complex anti-adhesion mechanisms, says Helen Smith
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"It’s responsible for sinking 800 ships and killing 20,000 people…" What are the most dangerous parts of the ocean?

From hazardous seas to venomous creatures, the ocean can be full of threats. But these regions could be the most dangerous on the planet.
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A swimming creature is hidden in this video – can you name it in less than 7 seconds?

Can you guess which majestic marine animal appears in the video below?
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Vjetrenica is the largest cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most biodiverse cave in the world. Credit: Diogo Pereira and Sanja Vrzic

This deep, dark cave may secretly stretch 20km to the sea – and the 'human fish' hides in its shadows

Vjetrenica Cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to many weird and remarkable animals.
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Extreme close-up of a Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) showing its unique prehistoric beak and intense yellow eyes in Mabamba Swamp, Uganda. Credit: Jeff Kingma

"While she goes off to fetch water, it reveals a dark side to the relationship with its nest mate"

It’s not easy being the younger shoebill sibling…
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A water vole sitting on the edge of a pipe in Kent, England, UK. Mark Bridger/Getty

"It will eat approximately 80% of its body weight every day"

The water vole is the largest of the vole species found in the UK, and can be confused with the similarly-sized brown rat.
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Brown Rats carry many nasty diseases which they can spread to humans, normally through their urine. including; Leptospirosis or Weil's disease, Salmonella, Listeria, Toxoplasma gondii and Hantavirus. Brown Rats can inflict a great amount of structural damage. Rats feed on grain and may be attracted to your garden by fallen food from bird feeders. Stop feeding birds if you suspect rats are visiting your garden and secure chicken runs. Store bird and other animal food in secure containers.

Which is the world’s most numerous mammal – apart from humans?

With the human population count now at over 8 billion, we are the winners. But which mammal comes next?
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what's the difference between whales and dolphins

Whales vs dolphins: They might look similar, but how alike are these incredible marine mammals really? Here’s what sets them apart…

What's the difference between a whale and a dolphin? Whale and Dolphin Conservation explain what makes a whale a whale and a dolphin a dolphin.
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Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) blooms in the wild.

The 300-million-year-old prehistoric plant that can ‘walk’ and jump – and you may have it growing in your garden

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