News in brief
This months wildlife news in brief
Beauty plane to see
Fuzzy brown catkins festoon the branches of London’s iconic tree
Origin of pieces
A starfish’s madreporite
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Opinion: Gillian Burke
“I remind myself that life can be fragile but also irrepressible”
Muntjacs in the mist
The introduced deer – originally from south-east China – are most active around dawn and dusk
10 poisonous animals
Poisons accumulate within animal tissues and exert effects when touched or eaten. 1 POISON DART FROG Toxins are derived from its food 2 CANE TOAD Secretes bufotoxin when threatened 3 PFEFFER’S FLAMBOYANT CUTTLEFISH Has highly toxic muscle tissue and uses warning coloration to deter predators 4 GREENLAND SHARK High levels of poisonous trimethylamine oxide protect […]
Meet the scientist: David Daballen
A finalist in the Tusk Conservation Awards, David talks about protecting elephants in northern Kenya
Tree huggers
For Madagascar’s sifaka lemurs, there’s nothing cooler than hugging a tree – literally