Comedy wildlife photography awards 2024 – in pictures
He’s 130, with three eyes and two girlfriends: meet New Zealand’s beloved tuatara Henry
Giant tortoises in Seychelles face threat from luxury hotel development
The week in wildlife
Week in wildlife in pictures: migrating flamingos, bear cubs and a wild hare
August 2024
I thought I was done with parenthood. But the tortoises had other plans
Emma Beddington
Just when my husband and I were getting used to the empty nest, there’s a new occupant to worry about. We have never felt more helpless, writes Emma Beddington
July 2024
Young country diary
Young country diary: My best garden discovery so far – a perfect snake skin
Wiltshire: It was 94cm long and inside-out, so when I looked through its mouth I could see the stronger brown colour and smoother scales
Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth, scientists find
Reptile’s teeth found to have covering that helps keep serrated edges razor sharp and resistant to wear
Man bitten by sea snake off coast of NT in a stable condition
Thirty-year-old airlifted from fishing vessel after coming into contact with venomous reptile
June 2024
Hungry foxes are having a ‘catastrophic’ impact on Australia’s juvenile freshwater turtles. There’s a push to change that
Turtle’s long lives may be masking extent of loss of young and eggs, experts say, with estimates that one species has declined in population by 90% or more
May 2024
It’s human v tortoise in the Beddington household. And the tortoises are winning
Emma Beddington
You wouldn’t believe how fast these things can move until you try to lock them up. How long until the next jailbreak, asks Emma Beddington
Country diary
Country diary: The lizards are out, basking and, perhaps, breeding
Allendale, Northumberland: Up close, I can appreciate their pattern of spots and coppery scales, as they lie flat to absorb the warmth
Wally the emotional support alligator is missing, US owner says
Joie Henney suspects that Wally was released into the wild after being stolen from outdoor closure during vacation
April 2024
Designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags
Celebrity fashion designer, who recruited couriers to transport bags from her native Colombia to US on commercial flights, receives 18-month sentence
Teenager dies after suspected crocodile attack in the Torres Strait
Body of 16-year-old boy discovered with injuries ‘consistent with a crocodile attack’ as wildlife officers search for animal
Country diary
Country diary 1974: adders find their place in the northern sun
Country diary
Country diary: Keeping a close eye on the adders
The rural network
Good posture, no bumps and ‘immaculate health’: what it takes to win top frog or reptile
February 2024
The age of extinction
Who’s the smallest of them all? Meet the world’s amazing tiniest creatures
Often overlooked in favour of larger, more charismatic cousins, we asked scientists to tell us about the smallest-known species, from a nano-chameleon to a miniature frog
January 2024
Giant tortoise mystery: how did seven protected reptiles end up dead in Devon woods?
As discovery baffles community, police examine potential link to 2021 find in same forest
December 2023
Governments accused of not doing enough as 17 species added to Australia’s threatened wildlife list
Conservationists call for more action after reptiles, fish and birds added to list, including 10 species deemed critically endangered
