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For thousands of years, people in the British Isles lived with and depended on wild animals for food and clothes. The land teemed with species such as deer, boar, wolves, lynx and beavers. Then came farming, population growth and industrialisation. Many species were hunted to extinction and their habitats were…

When fully grown the mammals can reach up to 56 feet (17 metres) in length and may live for around 50 years.

Welsh rivers have seen a 70% loss of wild Atlantic salmon in the last 25 years.

The juvenile female was found dead on a sand bank at Loch Fleet nature reserve, Sutherland.

Higher levels of CO2 are changing micronutrients in grasses, trees and even kelp

Fisherman Barry Trevett discovered the smalltooth sand tiger shark off the coast of Lyme Regis, Dorset, and kept it in his refrigerated van for experts to examine it

Discovery of hormone’s effects can provide a target for locust management strategies

Megan Wright has a "healthy respect" for the spiders that live around her home north of Cairns, but admits being "very excited — and horrified" when she noticed a big golden orb spider eating a bat caught in its web.

Recent sightings mark the beginning of the mushroom season but the NSW Poisons Information Centre warns it is also the time of year when it receives a spike in calls.

An increasing number of landowners and councils, along with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, are using goats in the battle against invasive plant species.

Hazmat suits have replaced tourists at the important UK sanctuary for breeding seabirds off coast of Northumberland