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  • Andrea Lunerti in a bright yellow beekeepers' costume

    ‘It’s a proper jungle’: Rome’s rat and snake infestation blamed on waste problems

    Pest control expert says warmer winters help creatures such as oriental hornets, snakes and rats thrive in the city
  • Photograph shows Dave Pearson of Coopernook at home, survivor of a 3m Bull shark attack at Crowdy Head a decade ago and went on to form the Bite Club for those traumatised after being bit by apex predators. The group has some 500 members worldwide. Subsequent images from Harrington Beach where Dave was surfing with mates when the attack occurred. Photographs by Dean Sewell/ Oculi for Guardian Australia.

    The first rule of Bite Club? Survive an attack by an apex predator

    Surviving a shark – or lion, or bear – attack is the key criterion for entry into Bite Club. Together its members navigate their next big challenge: what happens after you survive?
    • Hotter than ever
      ‘He was choking on his own tongue’: animals suffer as heatwaves increase

    • Rarely seen deep-sea fish washes up in California – video

    • The week in wildlife
      Week in wildlife in pictures: a hunting osprey, a golf-loving snake and a hedgehog in a war zone

  • Medical professional wearing a stethoscope

    Brief letters
    Accent snobs can cause lasting harm

  • multiple cats prowl in the grass

    Find a stray cat? That might be the cat distribution system at work

  • In this photo provided by Lynn Castle is a groundhog dubbed Colonel Custard, July 30, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. (Lynn Castle via AP Photo)

    Players using toy claw game surprised by live groundhog among stuffed animals

  • A British shorthair cat, lying on its paws, isolated on a white background

    The surprising shame of pet loss: ‘You are supposed to think humans are more important than animals’

  • Minuscule wasps enlisted to fight off moths in new pest control strategy

  • The age of extinction
    ‘This year has been dead’: where have Britain’s insects gone?

  • A crocodile about to eat a bait on the end of a stick

    Teaching crocodiles not to eat cane toads saves them from fatal poisoning, researchers discover

    In gorges already infested with the pest amphibians, rangers have managed to cut the freshwater crocodile mortality rate by 95%
  • Gulls flying over landfill site.

    Urban birds are teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

  • A vapourer moth, Orgyia roman, on leaves.

    Country diary
    Country diary: A small Chinese dragon has rippled into view

  • Two Chilean flamingos feed a grey chick.

    Pair of Chilean male flamingos hatch egg at Devon zoo

  • Marbled white butterfly and bumblebee on a purple thistle during summer.

    The Guardian view on nature-friendly farming: England’s green subsidies are working

  • Nora Murphy breastfeeding her baby in front of Mujur, who is sitting watching closely in her indoor enclosure behind glass

    Breastfeeding women try to show orangutan how to care for baby at Dublin zoo

  • An American Black Bear.

    California teacher shocked to find bear enjoying a snack in classroom

  • Pro-foxhunting group says UK hunters should be protected ethnic minority

  • The age of extinction
    ‘Losing Noah’s Ark’: Brazil’s plan to turn the Pantanal into waterway threatens world’s biggest wetland

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