Animals news

• Kong gone wrong: the animals misrepresented in movies

  21-02-2025 14:00
  After news that a film course is to consider the depiction of donkeys, what other species have been portrayed in a poor light?Donkeys have featured in many films, from the Eddie Murphy-voiced animation in Shrek through to Eeyore in the Disney version of Winnie the Pooh, as well as taking lead roles in cinema classics such as Robert Bresson’s celebrated Au hasard Balthazar (1966) and Jerzy Skolimowski’s recent EO.But after news that the University of Exeter is to offer a film studies
  
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• Week in wildlife: slimy capybaras, mating frogs and a rescued monkey

  21-02-2025 09:10
  
  The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: A copious display of lichen – how did it get here? | Phil Gates

  21-02-2025 06:30
  Tunstall Valley, Weardale: It is tempting to believe that this pastel profusion is due to the arrival of a single moth last springAt last, meteorological spring is almost within touching distance. For most of February I’ve found myself searching for reassurance that it’s on the way; the first snowdrop, recklessly early hazel catkins, a precocious celandine. Then yesterday reminded me of the folly of wishing winter away, of being blind to the subtle beauty of the season.I’d
  
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• Dark side of bright nights taking toll on forgotten invertebrates

  21-02-2025 06:00
  
  From bats to moths, species working the night shift are suffering as light pollution soarsWhen we think about invertebrates, most of us picture bees, butterflies, worms, crabs or perhaps even a jellyfish. But did you know that at least two-thirds of invertebrates are active at night, meaning many are unlikely to be seen? Invertebrates carry out many of the same functions as their daytime counterparts, in some cases doing so with greater efficiency and variety.For centuries, artificial light has
  
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