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Norway's star wolf moved for safety
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Norway's star wolf moved for safety

Norway’s most famous wolf has been captured and moved south with a female companion to protect him from licensed killing.

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Spring 2021
Helping hedgehogs
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Helping hedgehogs

It may be the nation’s favourite mammal, but the hedgehog is rapidly vanishing from towns and countryside across the UK. Why have things gone so badly wrong for British hedgehogs? And, more importantly, what’s being done to help them?

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10+ mins  |
Spring 2021
DISTURBANCE IN THE DEEP
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DISTURBANCE IN THE DEEP

With land resources rapidly depleting, eyes are turning to the seabed as a whole new source of metals. But at what cost to marine wildlife?

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Spring 2021
Cranes becoming more common
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Cranes becoming more common

Record numbers of common cranes bred in the UK last year, with 64 pairs producing 23 chicks.

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Spring 2021
Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching
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Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching

In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month advocates spending time around the peaceful bodies of fresh water dotted across the country.

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April 2021
My Way Of Thinking Mark Carwardine
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My Way Of Thinking Mark Carwardine

The conservationist discusses the threat of an oil spill in the Red Sea and invites your thoughts on the subject.

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3 mins  |
April 2021
Lessons For The Future
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Lessons For The Future

The idea of creating a GCSE in natural history was first floated a decade ago, but is it any closer to becoming a reality? And could it help change the fortunes of our nature-depleted nation?

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April 2021
RADZI CHINYANGANYA
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RADZI CHINYANGANYA

In our series about people with a passion for a species, TV presenter and author Radzi tells us why he admires the peregrine falcon.

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April 2021
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Raptors in RESIDENCE

The crowned eagles of the African rainforest don’t mind life among people. In Durban, South Africa, these raptors can be watched right from the living room.

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8 mins  |
April 2021
Foiled by a fox
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Foiled by a fox

As Robin Bennett prepared to take the perfect close-up of an urban red fox, his plans soon started to go awry.

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2 mins  |
April 2021
Tsewang Namgail Director, Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
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Tsewang Namgail Director, Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust

Conservation biologist Tsewang Namgail has focused on human and snow leopard conflict, and how the problem can best be resolved.

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April 2021
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THE $80 MILLION QUESTION

The world spends a huge amount of money on orangutan conservation every year but their numbers are still declining. What’s going on, why isn’t palm oil to blame and what can we do to arrest the downward curve?

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9 mins  |
April 2021
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National ARKS

Seven decades after the UK’s first national parks were created, our largest protected landscapes should nurture thriving biodiversity. How can we make them true havens for wildlife?

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April 2021
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Danger, danger – high voltage

Starlings are known for their spectacular murmurations, but if too many gather in one place the consequences can be shocking.

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April 2021
Sahara: The Forgotten Ecosystem
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Sahara: The Forgotten Ecosystem

Journeying into the fickle and ever changing Saharan landscape reveals the hidden lives of the desert’s most-endangered species.

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8 mins  |
March 2021
Mike Dilger's: Wildlife Watching
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Mike Dilger's: Wildlife Watching

In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month advocates paying close attention to the periphery of woodlands, rather than venturing between the trees.

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March 2021
Cracking The Mystery
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Cracking The Mystery

Why is the guillemot egg so shaped? ‘To stop it rolling away’ is the textbook answer. But is it correct? Follow one man's mission to get to the bottom of an evolutionary mystery.

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March 2021
Hidden BRITAIN
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Hidden BRITAIN

BLUE-RAYED LIMPET

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March 2021
Living lightbulbs
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Living lightbulbs

From the ocean depths to remote rainforests, bioluminescent organisms light up the natural world. We take an illuminating look at the species that glow in the dark.

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8 mins  |
March 2021
LEE DURRELL
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LEE DURRELL

In our series about people with a passion for a species, we ask naturalist, author and TV presenter Lee why she adores the ploughshare tortoise.

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March 2021
On thin ice
BBC Wildlife

On thin ice

Tempted out of the hive by bright spring sunshine, these hungry honeybees quickly became frozen in their tracks.

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March 2021
EDGES OF EXISTENCE
BBC Wildlife

EDGES OF EXISTENCE

Riverside habitats are coming under scrutiny as the next big prospect on the rewilding landscape.

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7 mins  |
March 2021
BEYOND TOURISM
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BEYOND TOURISM

How do you create sustainable conservation without relying on tourist dollars? A new pan-African competition hopes to provide the answers…

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8 mins  |
March 2021
Family MATTERS
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Family MATTERS

Great crested grebes are known for their synchronised courtship choreography, but these birds work just as well together when it comes to raising chicks.

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March 2021
Huge Marine Sanctuary Created In South Atlantic
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Huge Marine Sanctuary Created In South Atlantic

A tiny island community just made a vast contribution to protecting ocean biodiversity.

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2 mins  |
February 2021
Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching
BBC Wildlife

Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching

In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month picks his way across rocky shores, revealing the wildlife that thrives where land and sea meet.

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February 2021
ON THE NOSE
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ON THE NOSE

Proboscis monkeys may be famed for their sizeable schnozzles but why do they have them? And what else is there to uncover about Borneo’s peaceful primates?

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February 2021
MY WAY OF THINKING MARK CARWARDINE
BBC Wildlife

MY WAY OF THINKING MARK CARWARDINE

The conservationist discusses the ever-present threat of climate change and invites your thoughts on the subject.

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February 2021
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PARK LIFE

From building local schools to translocating 500 elephants, conservation organisation African Parks has led the way in protecting the continent’s precious wildlife.

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February 2021
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THE GOLDILOCKS PLANET

Sir David Attenborough returns to BBC One with a stunning new series that fuses natural history with Earth sciences to help us understand the forces that maintain life.

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February 2021