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Most people don’t realize how hard it is to be a butterfly. They live in a dangerous world, facing environmental challenges like habitat loss and climate change. They also have to contend with predators, including birds, wasps and dragonflies.

Dangerous weever fish - that leave stings as bad as childbirth - have been spotted on the beaches of North Wales, after worried parents were warned by coastguards to take precautions

Volunteers have found 26 species of ladybirds in a range of colours and spot variations

There have been a number of reports of beachgoers being left in agony

The pod have become very fond of the area in recent weeks

Island-dweller Lori Snell grimaced as she tallied her bill recently at the Avalon Laundry — nearly $50 for three large loads.

Tests were underway on Thursday on the body of the beluga whale that was euthanised while being transported from the river Seine to the open sea.

Jackie Minett is a tour guide at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida, dubbed the “butterfly capital of the world.” She leads children and seniors, some tourists, some Floridians, around the gardens to gawk at butterflies: zebra longwings, emperor butterflies, and, most recognizable of all, monarchs.

A wild boar scared tourists as it charged up a beach on the Costa del Sol in Spain after emerging from the sea. The recent sighting is the latest in a number of reported incidents involving wild boars

Post-pandemic return of visitors should help, but threat of Avian flu could curb the 2022 season

A drive to eradicate non-native pests is slowly restoring the rocky Caribbean outpost’s unique species