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  • A year in the life, behind-the-scenes with the Vets dept at ZSL London and Whipsnade zoos. Photograph by David Levene 14/1/25

    The Guardian picture essay
    From sleeping lions to spitting snakes: a year in the life of London zoo vets

    As the zoo celebrates its 200th birthday, photographer David Levene captures the people keeping their (sometimes very dangerous) patients healthy and happy. Introduction: Patrick Barkham
  • Two women in winter clothes walk astride a third woman who is grimacing.

    Police use gas and rubber bullets on activists at beagle facility in Wisconsin

  • A young birdwatcher hiding in foliage looks through a pair of binoculars

    double quotation markI adored Pokémon as a child. Now I collect critters of a different kind in a hobby that brings me deep joy – birdwatching

    Jayce Carrano
  • A sign at the entrance of a military base.

    Two US army soldiers injured by brown bear during training exercise in Alaska

  • Four gardeners work in a flowerbed in a park in London with the BT Tower visible in the background.

    The age of extinction
    A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

  • Country diary
    Country diary: Return of the Manx shearwaters – this island is their home

  • A composite image of a woman in scrubs holding a black cat against a blue background.

    The price of everything
    Why do vets charge more to scan an animal than a private hospital would to scan a human?

  • A gosling walks along the bank of the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany

    The week in wildlife
    Week in wildlife: a puffin bromance, blushing terrapins and goslings galore

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  • a man in a suit presses his hand to his forehead while seated at a table

    RFK Jr once cut penis off ‘road-killed raccoon’ in New York, new book reveals

  • A common swift in flight.

    Network Rail must restore swift nesting sites

  • Biodiversity Workers by Christer Bjorkman - from top left : Åsa Kruys, Mats Thulin, Vivi Vajda; from bottom right: Mats Jonsell, Emma Kärrnäs and Torbjörn Tyler.

    The age of extinction
    In the footsteps of Linnaeus: scientists share their passion for species from tiny wasps to hairy plants – in pictures

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  • The chiffchaff bird perches in a plum tree

    Weatherwatch
    Thanks to Britain’s mild winters, chiffchaffs are staying put

  • Four different breeds of dog being walked on leads along a country path

    Over-the-counter pet flea treatments could be banned under new UK rules

    Exclusive: ministers consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife
  • Zhang Kequn speaking to someone who is facing away from the camera

    Ant smuggler sentenced to a year in jail by Kenyan court

    More than 2,200 ants were found in Zhang Kequn’s luggage at Nairobi airport, with baggage destined for China
  • A butterfly on a bluebell.

    More than half of Britain’s butterfly species in decline, monitoring scheme shows

    Warmer weather has benefited some species in Britain, but others that rely on specific plants or habitats have struggled
  • Exmoor woodland

    My friend and I saw a big cat on Exmoor in 1982

  • Free range hens

    Soy is not the sole component of a poultry diet

  • Firefighters rescuing horses from flood in Illinois using inflatable boat.

    Horse swept away in a fast-moving flood in Illinois rescued after eight hours

  • Two people surveying landscape while filming Searching for Satyrus documentary.

    Searching for Satyrus review – on the hunt for an elusive butterfly and the lepidopterist who named them

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