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Kutub Uddin (Bangladesh/UK) spots a line of alien-like slime moulds on a fallen tree.
Kutub found these blueberry-like spheres in Slindon Wood, West Sussex, UK.
They’re the reproductive parts of a slime mould, each just 1–2…

Kutub Uddin (Bangladesh/UK) spots a line of alien-like slime moulds on a fallen tree.
Kutub found these blueberry-like spheres in Slindon Wood, West Sussex, UK.
They’re the reproductive parts of a slime mould, each just 1–2…

Dennis Stogsdill (USA) witnesses a caracal hunting a lesser flamingo in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
Dennis had been keeping an eye out for wild cats such as servals for several days when a call came over the…

Jake Stout (USA) encounters a snapping turtle as it glides over lake vegetation in New Hampshire.
Common snapping turtles have a fearsome reputation.
But Jake finds them to be calm and inquisitive.
He’s photographed them in this…

Fortunato Gatto (Italy) chances upon an icy puddle in a south Icelandic bog, where frozen patterns form the shape of a swan.
Fortunato is fascinated by the patterns and textures created in the ice.
He calls this a…

Bertie Gregory (UK) freeze-frames the moment fledgling emperor penguin chicks walk along the edge of an ice shelf.
Bertie spent two months with the penguin colony and saw most chicks using ice ramps to descend to sea level…

Griet Van Malderen (Belgium) sets the scene as Gamma, a female lion, guards a Cape fur seal carcass.
Protecting a seal carcass, Gamma waits for her family against a tempestuous Skeleton Coast backdrop.
Around 80 lions live…

Andrew Santino was seen chatting and smiling with Taylor Swift during the Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday. The…

Jennifer Aniston is opening up about why she never adopted children.
Aniston, 56, has previously spoken publicly about her efforts to have kids, but on a Wondery+ early access episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, Aniston discusses what…

The announcements have been made, the doctors’ appointments are scheduled (far, far in advance), and the gender has been revealed (whether privately, between the two of you, or to close relatives over a FaceTime call). But before the baby…

Approximately 1 in 5 children and young people aged 8‐25 years in the United Kingdom had a probable mental disorder in 2023; more than 20% of these children and young people were between the ages of 8 and 16 years []. Anxiety is one of…