New Forest Robin bird species discovered in Gabon
The newly discovered olive-backed forest robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus) was named by the scientists for its distinctive olive back and rump.
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Blue Marlin found on Welsh beach. Remarkably, just a few weeks after a Swordfish was found on a beach in South Wales, a Blue Marlin has washed up onto another Welsh beach.
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50% of world's primates endangeredThe world's monkeys, apes and other primates are disappearing from the world's forests faster than ever
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Lonesome George about to become a father after 36 year waitAfter years of showing no interest in the opposite sex, Lonesome George appears to have made the first tentative steps to becoming a dad as one of his companion females has laid several eggs.
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Chris Packham asks –‘What’s the point of nature reserves?’Without nature reserves we would have nowhere to go on Sundays to meet fellow minded geeks and discuss the minutiae of our passions. We wouldn't be able to stand hands on hips and smugly gaze at a living representation of what we imagine our green and pleasant landscape once looked like.
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New species of ‘ghost’ slug discovered in WalesThe bizarre subterranean Ghost slug has been named Selenochlamys ysbryda by experts at National Museum Cardiff, Wales.
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Giant 'extinct' British Beetle found in GloucestershireAn amazing giant insect, thought to be extinct in the UK, has been discovered on a pavement in Gloucestershire.
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New species of bird-eating frog discovered in Thailand.The newly recognised frog, known as Limnonectes megastomias has only been found in three remote locations in Thailand.
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Swordfish found on South Wales BeachA rare and endangered swordfish has been discovered dead on a South Wales beach.
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