Most scary A great white shark in False Bay, South Africa. Photograph: Arco Images GmbH/Alamy Most efficient hunter A great white shark breaching as it hunts seals in False Bay, ... Read more

Bees and other wild pollinators are not being protected from decline by the EU, with loopholes even allowing for the use of banned pesticides known to be major killers of ... Read more

Lingering in the shallows of a south Norfolk pond, voracious amphibians are resting ahead of a night gorging on slugs, worms and insects. The pool network, long grasses and shrubs ... Read more

Air pollution has remained at lower levels in UK towns and cities despite a return to near-normal traffic levels after the easing of coronavirus restrictions, according to research. Analysis of ... Read more

Sometimes it just takes a bit of leadership. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull likes to say that we must choose “engineering and economics” over “idiocy and ideology”.The New South Wales ... Read more

Essen, Germany. A house sparrow flies to the ripe ears of a barley field. As well as insects and their larvae, the sociable birds also eat grain, which is available ... Read more

“You convince yourself that there is no danger,” Ron Taylor once said of how he captured his groundbreaking underwater footage of sharks. And afterwards, “You wonder how you got out ... Read more

In 2017, surf champion Kelly Slater responded on Instagram to the death of Alexandre Naussac, a bodyboarder who died after a shark attack: “Honestly, I won’t be popular for saying ... Read more

Lion, jaguar and leopard body parts are being increasingly sought as substitutes to tiger products by traffickers, a major UN report has found, but demand for ivory and rhino horn ... Read more

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