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Bugs Do Battle: Creepy Crawlies Up Close (PICTURES)

Barcroft Media | Sara C Nelson | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Praying Mantis, UK News, Igor-Siwanowicz, Nature, Insects, Stag Beetle, Tarantula, Slideexpand, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UK News

A Polish photographer has spent hours capturing head-to-head insect battles. Igor Siwanowicz's shots of all-male battling insect include stag beet...

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Jewel Caterpillar Looks Out Of This World (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Nature Photography, UK News, Nature, Green, Caterpillar, Green Living, Project NOAH, World News, UK News

Looking not unlike a gummy sweet or an astonishingly accurate CG concoction, this jewel caterpillar is one of mother nature’s wildcards. The inc...

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Panda Performance: Workers Don Bear Suits To Transport Cub

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, Panda, Nature, Endangered Species, Wolong Panda Reserve, Slideexpand, Bamboo, Pandas, China, Snow Leopard, UK News

Chinese zoo workers donned panda suits as they transported a cub and his mother to a new location at the Wolong National Nature Reserve. Panda cub...

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Controversial ‘Bird Flu’ Study That Highlights Threat To Humans, Finally Published

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: h5n1, Bird Flu, Pandemic, Health News, UK News, Slideexpand, Virus, Nature, UK Lifestyle News

After months of debate, the science journal Nature has finally published the first of two controversial papers US security advisers previously warned ...

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Bye Bye Bunny! Raven Swoops Off With A Rabbit (PICTURES)

SWNS | Sara C Nelson | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Animal Photography, Rabbits, Bird of Prey, UK Nature, Ravens, UK News, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Slideexpand, Wildlife, UK News

Source: SWNS A tiny bunny met with a grisly end after being snatched up and carried off by a hungry Raven. The rabbit's doomed last moments we...

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WATCH: Spider Devours Snake, Golden Orb Arachnid Chomps Brown Tree Reptile (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Video, UK News, Snakes, Nature, Green, Spiders, UK Weird News, Golden Orb Spider, World News, UK News

The horrifying moment a golden orb spider devours a brown tree snake has been caught on video. Filmed by Cairns kite surfer Ant Hadleigh, the grue...

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The Pleasure of Solitude and Nature

Laila Escartín-Sorjonen | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: UK, Germany, USA, Japan, Lakes, European Community, France, Luxury, Solitude, North, Nature, Mother Earth, Finland, Forests, Spain, Inhabitants, UK Lifestyle News

I had somebody ask me recently in a most astonished voice why I had moved back to Finland after almost 20 years abroad. It made me laugh. That a Finn should ask such a question, how typical! A Spaniard would've asked me how come I managed to survive so long away from Spain, the best country in the world!

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There's Nothing Natural About National Trust's '50 Things' List for Children

BritMums | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: National Trust, Active, Childhood, Children, Fun, Nature, Parents, UK Lifestyle, Britmums, UK Parents, UK Parenting, UK Lifestyle News

But a to-do list? Don't we get enough of these with our children's educations, their diets, even their gestation in the womb. This list of "shoulds" goes against the very freeform discovery it's meant to inspire.

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Bauble, Diamond or Dew Drop?

The Huffington Post UK | Harriet Williams | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Arts, Photography, Sharon Johnstone, Dew Drop, UK Culture, Slidepollajax, Macro, Nature, UK Culture News

Art is getting bigger. Whether it’s one hundred million sunflower seeds in the Tate Modern, or Damien Hirst’s vitrines, installation art is here t...

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20 Feet Under: Having Dinner With the Fishes

Heimir Jónasson | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Chefs, Waterfalls, Iceland, Nature, Dinner, Inspired by Iceland, UK-Inspiration, UK Lifestyle News

I was a bit nervous placing Eldhús at the end of an old dock in Stokkseyri. When I was 12 years old working on a farm one Summer I learned how to drive a tractor backwards with a trailer full of hay.

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Felder Felder | London Fashion Week A/W 2012 Catwalk Show Review

Akeela Bhattay | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Style

It's always feels a little bit surreal attending a 'mainstream' catwalk show at London fashion Week. I tend to spend most of the week at the Vauxhall ...

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PICTURES: 'Britain's Largest Fox' Killed

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Foxes, Nature, UK Farming, UK News, Animals, Fox Hunting, Giant Fox, UK News

A farmer claims to have killed the largest fox ever seen in Britain. Alan Hepworth from Aberdeenshire said he shot the 38lb 10oz fox near his home....

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Forget Posh Acrylic Paints And Canvases...

Posted 22.02.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Arts, Land Art, Richard Shilling, Nature, UK Culture News

Next time you’re out on a country walk and you hear a little rustling, don’t panic. It isn’t a bear or a lion or a wolf, it’s artist and frien...

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Wildlife Welfare: What's in it for Me?

Graeme Keeton | Posted 22.04.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Biomimicry, Biotechnology, Wildlife Conservation, Wspa, Animal Welfare, Biometrics, Solar Panels, Nature, David Attenborough, Evolution, Ffi, UK Tech News

Why should you care about wildlife that exists thousands of miles away? All of these different species and seemingly countless variations on a theme.

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PICTURES: Valentine's Day At The Zoo

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.04.2012 | UK

Read More: Zoos, Weird News, Valentine's, Nature, Valentine's Day, Polar Bear, UK Animals, UK Zoos, Animals, Walker the Polar Bear, UK News

The only polar bear on public display in the UK received a Valentine from a secret admirer today. Walker inspected the giant red love heart, scente...

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Oppose the Whippenscott Deer Cull

Giles Bradshaw | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Deer, Conservation, Cruelty, Hunting, Animals, Nature, Wildlife, Slidepollajax, British Countryside, Hunting Act, David Cameron, Deer Hunting, UK Politics News

There is currently a golden opportunity to get the Hunting Act changed as David Cameron as called for a free vote on it. I very much hope that it is before the police finally take action against me. Until that point I shall continue proudly refusing to kill any wildlife on my property as I believe should be my right.

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Pictures Of The Day: Fake Whales, Japanese Art And Religious Pain

Posted 07.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Religious Gatherings, Pictures of the Day, Hindu Festival, Weather, UK News, Japanese Art, News, Golden Pooh, Nature, UK News

In pictures of the day, spot a golden Pooh Bear in Beijing China, for well-heeled lovers of the AA Milne children’s book. Japanese artist Yayoi ...

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He's All-White: Leucistic Blackbird Stirs Twitchers

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Nature, White Bird, UK Science, Leucism, UK News, UK Environment, Blackbird, UK News

A blackbird which has been steadily shedding its black feathers for white ones, has been pictured in a Nottinghamshire country park. The unusual-l...

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Whales Could Be Saved From Extinction By New Quota System, Experts Suggest

PA | Posted 12.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Save the Whale, University of California, Arizona State University, Whale Quotas, UK News, Nature, Whale Conservation, UK Nature, Animals, Whales, Marine Biology, Whale, UK News

Introducing quotas for catching whales that could be bought and sold could reduce the number of the marine mammals killed each year, it was suggested ...

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Meet 'The Hoff', The New Species Of Yeti Crab With A Very Hairy Chest

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Volcanic Vents, UK News, Hairy Crab, Yeti Crab, Science, UK Science, UK Nature, The Hoff, News, Crab, Ocean Floor, Video, UK News

A new species of yeti crab found below the surface of the Southern Ocean has been nicknamed “The Hoff” because of its hairy chest. The sea-dwel...

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WATCH: Surfer Survives Shark Attack After Paddling To Shore Covered In Blood

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Surfers, Swimming, Shark Surf, UK News, Australia, Sea, Surfing, Nature, Shark Attack, News, Sharks, UK News

A surfer managed to paddle back to shore covered in blood after a shark attack at North Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia. The 28-year-old su...

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WATCH: Killer Whale Vs Shark

Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.12.2011 | UK

Read More: Killer Whales, Orca, UK News, Killer Whale, Nature, Shark, UK Weird News, Animals, Killer Whale Versus Shark, Sharks, Killer Whale vs Shark, UK News

A dramatic video has captured the moment a killer whale attacked a shark in waters off New Zealand. The orca was filmed apparently "herding" the sh...

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The Mystery Of Elephant's Sixth 'Toe' Is Finally Solved

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK

Read More: Elephant, Digit, Prehistoric, UK News, Elephant Sixth Toe, Nature, Science, Evolution, Elephant Feet, News, UK News

The mystery of the bony growth on an elephant’s foot has been solved by scientists, who have discovered it is actually a prehistoric sixth “toe....

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Experimenting with Natural Remedies on a Saturday Night

Ariadna Bakhmatova | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Natural Remedies, Skincare, Home Remedies, Herbs, Beauty, Natural, Nature, UK Lifestyle News

Last Saturday night I ended up staying at home, in the mood for experimenting with some natural remedies. That happened just hours after a new and shi...

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'Olympic Monster' Lurking In London?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.02.2012 | UK

Read More: London 2012, Cryptozoology, Olympic Monster, UK News, Olympics, Nature, Monsters, 2012 Olympics, Monster, UK Weird News, Animals, London, UK News

Olympic competitors are quaking in their spiked running shoes after tales emerged of a killer creature lurking in swampy waters close to the 2012 site...

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