Animals

Mammoth mayhem: elephant escapes circus and roams Montana streets

California pilot and his dog survive plane crash after swimming to shore

Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks

World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts

The killer whale trainers who still defend captivity: ‘I’m an endangered species myself’

No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent

I earned more as a bin worker than a veterinary nurse | Letters

Earthworm crowned UK invertebrate of the year by Guardian readers

The pet I’ll never forget: Oscar the cat, who opened my eyes to the power of male friendship

There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook | George Monbiot

Exploring why we photograph animals – in pictures

Licence to trill: Molly the magpie returned to Queensland carers after special wildlife permit granted

Country diary 1974: adders find their place in the northern sun

Country diary: All of life is in these farmyard geese | Kate Blincoe

‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tell