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15 January 2026

  • A cat lies in a human's arms

    Grief over pet death can be as strong as that for family member, survey shows

  • A Bewick's swan extends its wings on the water at Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire, where three have arrived from their long migration from nesting spots in Siberia after enduring a 3,500Km flight across Europe, to spend winter in the UK. The three birds, which arrived at the wetlands on November 7, join a breeding pair which already made the journey two days earlier. Bewick's swans are the smallest UK swan and is distinctive from other species with a yellow and black bill that has idiosyncratic patterned markings, making them individually recognisable. PA Photo. Picture date: Saturday November 7, 2020. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

    Weatherwatch
    Six-yearly count to track diverging fortunes of UK and Ireland’s wintering swans

14 January 2026

  • close up of a pair of hands holding a phone showing a bear beneath a home on security camera footage

    Bears under California homes go from one-off to trend

    It’s unclear whether bear removed from Altadena house is same one seen under other homes
  • people holding dogs

    Puppies treated for suspected fentanyl overdose to go up for adoption in Washington

    Six puppies were revived and treated by first responders and are now being monitored at a local animal shelter
  • A fieldfare and a redwing in a hawthorn bush

    Birdwatch
    Birdwatch: Cold snap brings fieldfares and redwings to the fore

    Britain’s winter thrushes, the swallows and swifts of the season, were strangely absent until recently

13 January 2026

  • A frozen road dirt with footprints.

    Country diary
    Country diary: Hooray for the hard, frozen ground – life on Earth depends on it

    Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: The very cold daytime temperatures should be welcomed, and the reason is right beneath our feet
  • A man wearing blue gloves holding a frog

    Nature heroes
    He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species

    A deadly fungus has already wiped out 90 species and threatens 500 more but Anthony Waddle is hoping gene replacement could be their salvation
  • A male kākāpō peers out from the bushes in New Zealand.

    Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō

    After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population

12 January 2026

  • Neuroscientist Ben Rein at the Brain Museum in the University of Buffalo.

    The big interview
    The friendship secret: why socialising could help you live longer

    Neuroscientist Ben Rein is on a mission to show that being around others not only feels good, but can even improve recovery from strokes, cancer and heart attacks. So why are so many of us isolated and glued to our phones?

11 January 2026

  • a woman and a cat

    Los Angeles wildfires: one year later
    She spent 366 days searching for her cats after losing them in the LA fires: ‘I promised my babies’

    After her Altadena home burned down, Darlene Hamilton wondered whether her cats Merlyn and Kiki had escaped. A year later, she hasn’t given up hope

10 January 2026

  • Caitlin Cassidy's labrador Murphy

    Summer essentials
    I tried to make my dog go viral on social media – it taught me more than I expected

  • A close-up of a monkey.

    St Louis residents report monkeys roaming on city streets

9 January 2026

  • a bear lies in a crawlspace

    ‘Boom, he’s out’: bear living ‘rent-free’ under California home has been removed

  • A ring-necked parakeet munches on the flowers of a cherry blossom tree in St James's Park, London.

    Snaking around the parakeet problem

  • Mafuko, a female mountain gorilla from the Bageni family holds her newly born twin sons at the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

    The week in wildlife
    Week in wildlife: rare gorilla twins, racing camels and a psychedelic spider

    Gallery16
  • Nina holding mermaid’s purses on North Sands.

    Country diary
    Country diary: Mermaid’s purses bring riches to the beach

8 January 2026

  • Border collie holds a toy in its mouth, surrounded by lots of other toys on the floor

    ‘Gifted learner dogs’ can learn words by eavesdropping, study says

  • Sheep in the Penny supermarket

    On the lamb: 50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket

  • Cattle stranded amid flood water on a station near Julia Creek, Queensland. ‘They are not leaving their little islands, they are just starving themselves to death’ one cattleman says

    In Queensland, tens of thousands of cattle die of thirst and hunger encircled by fresh water and grass

  • Gulls flocking around a fishing boat pulled up on the rocky beach of a cove

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Supermarkets could help UK shoppers eat more sustainable local fish – study

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