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Shark nets are the most common way to protect swimmers at busy beaches — but do they really keep us safe?

A surfer has jumped into action to help alert authorities after another whale was caught in shark nets — the fifth this season. But the Queensland government says it has no plans to remove the nets.

Experts reveal what techniques are most successful in preventing backyard roosting, as towns prepare to be inundated by an influx of flying foxes.

In the latest horrifying incident a butchered nine-foot female Great White Shark was washed up at Mossel Bay, Western Province, South Africa, at the tourist spot

Unusually the violet helleborine is only pollinated by wasps and is thriving thanks to nectar that is irresistible to the insects

We’re rooting for the Kemp’s ridley turtle, the tiniest little leatherback in the world.

With September just around the corner, it means spider mating season is almost here and that terrifying time of year has almost arrived when they pop out of nowhere to sprint across the floor or hang dauntingly above us

The species is one of the most endangered in the world due to illegal hunting and habitat destruction

Zoe Chamberlain continues her road trip across the USA with a visit to Yellowstone National Park and Lamar Valley, seeing stunning wildlife and geysers along the way

Denali National Park and Preserve on Saturday shared images of animals so elusive that even staff and frequent visitors rarely see them.

Bee populations are in steep decline in UK but community funded projects have led to recovery of the ‘vital ecosystem engineers’