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The battle to bring beavers back to Scotland

The reintroduction of beavers has already transformed parts of the Scottish landscape and provided much-needed habitats for many animals, delighting conservationists but alarming some landowners

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Ancient life thrived after supercontinents trapped nutrient-rich soil

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Farmland being farmed

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Climate change will prompt expansion of farming in northern wilderness

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Thousands of animal and plant species in decline across the UK

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim West/imageBROKER/Shutterstock (4549809a) Children inspect a caterpillar found in their garden which is tended by children ages 5-11 in a program called Growing Healthy Kids, as part of the Earthworks Urban Garden, which grows food for the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit, Michigan, USA VARIOUS

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When nature gives people the 'ick'

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Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land

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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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The proposed Anthropocene definition is unscientific and harmful

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The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and wildlife

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One third of all vertebrate species are exploited by humans

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The Auchencorth Moss air quality monitoring station in Scotland (credit: National Physical Laboratory / Local Site Operator)

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Air pollution monitors have been accidentally harvesting wildlife DNA

DNA from plants’ and animals’ shed cells gets caught in air filters at pollution monitoring stations, providing a valuable source of data for tracking biodiversity

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We’ve been drastically underestimating Earth’s microbial diversity

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5000 species not known elsewhere live in area set for deep-sea mining

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Hundreds of species new to science discovered in South-East Asia

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Insects are thriving in England's rivers after fall in metal pollution

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