Wildlife
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Three shark attacks in three hours at Florida beachSurfers ranging in age from 16 to 43 bitten on Sunday in Volusia County beach known for its shark activity
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Buzzards back in hunters’ crosshairs over threat to UK pheasant shootsLicences for gamekeepers to kill the protected bird of prey will open the floodgates to illegal hunting, warn conservationists
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Norway plans to cull more than two-thirds of its wolf populationEnvironmental groups criticise plan that will allow hunters to shoot up to 47 of an estimated 68 wolves living in wilderness
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Endangered Hawaiian crows join elite list of animals known to use toolsScientists have discovered a rare bird that uses sticks to find food – making it the latest addition to a select list that includes sea otters, elephants and octopuses
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UK to ban fishing from a million square kilometres of oceanGovernment creates marine protected areas around four islands in the Pacific and Atlantic, with commercial fishing banned in some areas
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Obama to establish first marine national monument in the Atlantic OceanMove aims to protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England
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Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats review – good news for almost everyoneA project to rewild and track jaguars is a success for the big cats, cowboys and tourists alike. The only losers are their prey, the unlucky capybara
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Humanity driving 'unprecedented' marine extinctionReport comparing past mass extinction events warns that hunting and killing of ocean’s largest species will disrupt ecosystems for millions of years
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Attenborough urges UK to use Brexit to improve wildlife protectionsBrexit is an opportunity to refine legislation to match UK’s needs, says conservationist, speaking at the launch of a major report that shows Britain is one of the world’s most ‘nature-depleted countries’
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Polar bears losing crucial sea ice: studyLife-sustaining sea ice needed for hunting, resting and breeding is declining in all 19 regions of the Arctic inhabited by the species
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Why have hedgehogs declined? You asked Google – here’s the answerEvery day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
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Hugh Boyd obituaryOther lives: Research biologist who was committed to wetland and waterbird conservation
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Did this red-footed booby really fly all the way from the Galapagos to the UK?An exotic visitor that pitched up on the south coast of England may have come partway by ship, wherever it really came from. Sadly rescuers are struggling to save it
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