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Animals

August 2026

  • A greater crested tern in flight

    First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

    Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads
  • a dog

    San Francisco pitbull rescued after two days trapped in railway tunnel

  • Frog in a garden pond in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire

    Ponds need more than a drop of protection

  • an alligator

    Florida woman’s autopsy report reveals extent of alligator attack

  • A member of emergency services in a hi-vis jacket walks across a scorched stretch of ground

    Wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant causes ‘total devastation’ to Suffolk landscape

  • Huge great white spotted traveling off US and Canada as shark sightings surge

  • The week in wildlife
    Week in wildlife: snub-nosed monkeys, amorous cobras and a milk-snatching fox

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  • Country diary
    Country diary: Rumours of glowworms set me off on a twilight stroll

  • Taronga zoo, Sydney

    Why would I waste my precious holiday time going to a zoo in another country?

    James Colley
  • A large elephant with tusks stands near three younger elephants interacting at Amboseli National Park

    Fifteen elephant deaths in Kenya may be due to cyanide poisoning

  • A still from Wild Inside

    ‘Kind of like a fairytale’: documentary tells the unusual tale of Flaco the Owl

  • Composite image: close-up of a housefly in the kitchen.

    ‘It makes you feel you’ve got a really dirty house’: what’s behind the UK’s plagues of flies?

  • Greater crested terns

    Bird flu has reached Victoria and more wildlife deaths loom. How bad could it get?

    Authorities say local transmission of H5 bird flu virus among South Australian birds signals ‘shift in the situation’
  • It is believed to be only the fourth complete humpback whale birth ever recorded on film anywhere in the world

    Rare moment humpback whale gives birth captured by drone off Australian coast – video

    It is believed to be only the fourth complete humpback whale birth ever recorded on film anywhere in the world
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    • Birdwatch
      Birdwatch: A song thrush connects me with the great-grandfather I never knew

    • Country diary
      Country diary: In poet John Clare’s garden, I contemplate my ancestor who lived here too

    • Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

  • A herd of elephants walks across green grassland with Mount Kilimanjaro rising behind clouds

    Kenya investigating unexpected deaths of 15 elephants in national park

    Potential toxic substance detected in several of 15 elephants found dead in Kenya’s Amboseli national park
  • Cars travelling towards Manchester city centre

    The Guardian view on noise pollution: keep it down

    Editorial: New research linking the issue to Parkinson’s disease adds to the evidence of serious health repercussions from traffic volume and other sources
  • Three storks

    ‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absence

    Conservationists are thrilled at the arrival of three juvenile birds at Willington Wetlands, hoping more will follow
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