A little puffin blown hundreds of miles off course by recent storms has been rescued by a dog walker from a beach in the south of England. Sonia Meachen, from Dereham, Norfolk, was walking her dog ...
The brisk increase in warming rates in the Arctic is bringing rapid shifts in range for plants and animals across the region’s tree of life. Researchers say those changes can lead species that ...
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The Bank of England is asking the public which animals should appear on future banknotes.
The Bank of England has released a shortlist of creatures that could feature on the next round of banknotes ...
What do elephants, chimps, rats, and octopuses have in common? These animals have all exhibited the ability to problem solve and use tools which are important markers of intelligence. But crows aren’t ...
The shortlist also includes a fox, an owl, a dolphin and a curlew ...
People across the UK are being asked to help choose which animals, birds and insects might appear on future Bank of England notes. Find out more here.