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Asian Hornet warning issued amid 2025 sightings as they pose 'significant threat'

In 2025, 13 sightings of the invasive Yellow-legged (Asian) Hornets in the UK raise concern for local bee populations.

Starlings have seen an 85% decline and are now of conservation concern, as garden bird surveys reflect changing avian populations.

Elk could be reintroduced to the UK after 3000 years, enhancing biodiversity and ecosystems.

A business owner demonstrates his morning routine of navigating through a field of poisonous snakes, as he humorously prods them to move aside.

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Last summer marked a significant decline in butterfly populations in Britain, with over half of native species in long-term decline.

The Aesculapian snake has not been seen in the UK for 300,000 years but has been re-introduced accidentally and is thriving.

The UK is home to the purseweb spider, its only native tarantula, which poses little threat to humans.

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