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'Mythical' fly back from the dead
Fly Thyreophora cynophila
A supposedly extinct European fly that lives on crushed bones has been rediscovered after 160 years.

Elephant shrew
Camera spots 'new' elephant shrew
A mystery animal with a long snout is discovered in a remote African forest, and scientists say it may be a new species of elephant shrew.

File picture of a wildfire in California (Image: AP) Fire aided early flowering plants
A study highlights the importance of wildfires in allowing flowering plants to become widespread during the Cretaceous period.

Giant spider web (Ingi Agnarsson et al) Gigantic spider's web discovered
A newly discovered spider makes the longest known web, which is also made from the toughest known biomaterial.


IN PICTURES
Common chimpanzee (Anup Shah / NaturePl.com) Clever chimps
Wild chimps outwit human hunters
Animation of moving sloth skeleton (JA Nyakatura et al) Slow motion
The secrets of how sloths move around upside down
A huge whale skeleton found in the River Thames has gone on display at the Museum of London Docklands. Whale skeleton
A whale found in the River Thames goes on display

MORE STORIES
AROUND THE UK

Alien 'killer' shrimp found in UK

Whale rescue 'could take weeks'

Inbred bees 'facing extinction'

Hope for insights into rare bird

AROUND THE WORLD

Dino clue to 'earliest feathers'

'Lights out' help migratory birds

Ants protect trees from elephants

Ancient reef uncovered in Pacific



VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
St Kilda field mouse Mighty mouse study on St Kilda

A baboon searches a car for food Criminal baboons roam South Africa
The panda twins Panda twins

Wakehurst Place Rare tree flowers after 23 years

OTHER TOP STORIES
the Saola Rare horned mammal caught
An rare animal known as the "Asian unicorn" is caught in Laos.
Tiger cubs Price set for tiger conservation
Too little money is being pledged to cover the cost of keeping tigers alive in the wild.
Male lion (Laurent Geslin/NPL) 'Trophy lion' hunts unsustainable
Fewer big cats should be killed by trophy hunters, say conservation experts.
Whale Whale alert system being tested
A whale collision system is being tested in the Mediterranean.
Marine zooplankton Choosy plankton play 'sex games'
Blind and immobile zooplankton are choosy about their sexual partners.
Annam pond turtle (CI/Peter Paul van Dijk) Freshwater turtles 'in decline'
More than a third of freshwater turtle species are now threatened with extinction.
Conch collecting dolphin (Kathrin Bacher) Dolphin innovators collect shells
Dolphins collect conch shells, an extraordinarily rare and innovative behaviour.
Red squirrel on wildlife cruise. Pic: The Majestic Line Squirrel 'stowaway' on tour boat
Efforts are to be made to capture a red squirrel found on a wildlife holiday cruise boat.
TOP STORIES OF THE MONTH
Narwhals climate change 'threat'
Safeguarding chimps from snares
Locust swarm 'secrets' revealed
Killer whales 'evolving rapidly'
Global decline in mangrove forest
Monkey becomes master nut-breaker
ON TELEVISION AND RADIO
Lost Land of the Tiger: BBC One
Saving Species: Radio 4


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