10 national animals
The choice of national animal can tell you a lot about a country’s identity
The voice
Tweet of the Day Martin Hughes-Games presents the story of the curlew Spring is a feast for all the senses, when wild sounds in particular seem thrillingly intense. None more so than the haunting song of the male curlew, with its long, low notes quickening into a sustained bubbling trill that sends shivers down your […]
Opinion: Gillian Burke
“The ability to respond to change is baked into Earth’s systems”
BORN FREE
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Origin of pieces
A wrybill’s beak
Cuckoo pints are in bloom
Lords-and-ladies flower in April and May and favour shady habitats
News in brief
IN BRIEF Monster find A park ranger in Queensland discovered a massive cane toad weighing 2.7kg, which is possibly a new world record. Nicknamed ‘Toadzilla’ the poisonous amphibian was removed from the wild and euthanised as it is an invasive species. Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935, they have no natural predators and […]
Catch it quick
The St Mark’s fly adult stage doesn’t last long
HURTIGRUTEN
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Reading the signs
Humans can understand gestures of other great apes