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The world's biggest dog show is set to be overshadowed by a row over inbreeding and health problems facing many of the pedigree animals taking part.
26 Feb 2012
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The drought is spreading across England with areas in the Midlands and South West declared in danger of water shortages.
24 Feb 2012
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The World Bank is mustering a new coalition to save the oceans from environmental destruction, it was announced on Friday.
24 Feb 2012
For more than half a century Dame Daphne Sheldrick has rescued and looked after orphaned elephants and other animals in Kenya
24 Feb 2012
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Telegraph View: Let's test the theory that birds sing at a higher pitch in towns.
23 Feb 2012
| CommentsFootpaths should be five feet wide and avoid gardens and busy farmyards, according to a new report that urges Government to end the right to reopen historic rights of way.
23 Feb 2012
| CommentsDevelopers gaining from new planning reforms donated large sums to party.
22 Feb 2012
| CommentsThe revival of a frozen Siberian flower paves the way for other species to return, says Matt Ridley.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsMatt Baker, the presenter of BBC’s Countryfile, is the latest high profile figure to question the effectiveness of wind farms and ask if they are a threat to the beauty of the British countryside.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsA natural disaster that cost the lives of thousands of people was ignored in favour of a nuclear 'disaster’ that never was, argues Michael Hanlon.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsSouth east now officially in state of drought, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admits.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsThe Met Office should be more open with the public about the probabilities of bad weather - and needs to buy a new super-computer to improve the accuracy of its forecasts, MPs say.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsDolphins and whales are so intelligent that they should be recognised as "non-human persons" and given their own bill of rights, researchers claim.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsJohn Glenn made his historic space flight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary on Monday with hundreds.
21 Feb 2012
| CommentsResidents being sent egg timers so they don't linger in the shower, as drought is declared in South east.
20 Feb 2012
| CommentsSouth east now officially in state of drought, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admits.
20 Feb 2012
| CommentsParts of country to see groundwater levels lower than in 1976 drought.
20 Feb 2012
| CommentsThe Prince of Wales has been forced to adapt his latest plans to expand Poundbury because of sewage effluent as fears grow across the country about river pollution in the coming drought.
20 Feb 2012
| CommentsA deadly parasite spread by a foreign species of fish may be threatening Britain's salmon and fresh water fish, researchers have found.
19 Feb 2012
| CommentsRamblers are getting lost because many no longer have basic map reading skills and rely on smart phones and sat navs, mountain rescuers have warned.
19 Feb 2012
| CommentsPlanting the right kind of flowers in gardens may help to halt the decline of British bees, according to scientists.
19 Feb 2012
| CommentsOne year after the tsunami, the Fukushima 50 speak for the first time, while a mother who spent days searching for her son tells why the scars remain
19 Feb 2012
Last summer’s rains only provided brief relief - Britain is now facing the biggest water crisis since 1976, says Geoffrey Lean.
17 Feb 2012
| CommentsAll creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery.
17 Feb 2012
The world's most expensive snowdrop bulb, cultivated "by accident" by an elderly couple in Scotland, has sold for more than £700.
17 Feb 2012
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