Week in wildlife – in pictures: a giant hamster, a mustachoied deer and a zebra on the run

A kangaroo, a possum and a bushrat walk into a burrow: research finds wombat homes are the supermarkets of the forest

Week in wildlife – in pictures: amorous frogs, battling stallions and an overaffectionate jaguar

Country diary: These formidable feral goats belong in these hills | Jim Perrin

Little penguins at risk of vanishing from WA island as once-thriving colony reduced to 120 birds

Sea otters use tools to open hard-shelled prey, saving their teeth, research reveals

West Virginia candidate in hospital after snake bite as he removed election signs

Swallow, swift and house martin populations have nearly halved, finds UK bird survey

Most valuable pest? Raccoon’s soccer pitch invasion delights observers

Snakes, donkey heads, a dead cow: the odd things found in recycling – and how they should be disposed of

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say

Country diary: Explosive but elusive, what a bird the Cetti’s warbler is | Derek Niemann

Westminster 2024: Sage the miniature poodle named best in show

‘Perfect end’: Miniature poodle Sage wins Westminster in handler’s farewell