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Wildlife officials have previously warned anglers who catch a northern snakehead to 'kill it immediately.' A slightly less alarming memo called on anyone who sees them to 'kill the fish by freezing it or putting it on ice for an extended length of time'

Construction projects often find themselves at odds with the great crested newt. In 2020, the then UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, referred to them as a drag on the economy, citing their presence on development sites as a cause for costly delays. These creatures even put a stop to Ed…

Hove, East Sussex: Life is tough here for garden birds, even making it to the outside world is no mean feat

As sea temperatures around the UK continue to rise at a steady rate, a number of unusual and exotic marine species are being spotted, such as jelly fish, sharks and turtles

The insects can leave people with skin infections that require hospital treatment - and can send allergy sufferers into potentially fatal anaphylactic shock

Small miracles are popping out of the mud around Myanmar’s largest lake: Burmese peacock softshell turtles, just hatched from their eggs. For what may be the first time, humans were there to witness the birth of these rare creatures.

The Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla), not seen since 1969, has been found in grasslands west of Melbourne. No need to fear this dragon, though; these lizards are just 15cm long fully grown.

Victorian grassland earless dragon was once common west of Melbourne but numbers declined due to habitat loss and predators such as feral cats

A rare species of Australian lizard has been spotted in the wild for the first time since 1969, having previously been thought extinct