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Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature

It can be hard to explain the realities of the natural world to children, but we need to acknowledge the suffering of wild things, says Richard Smyth

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Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature

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Saving Time review: We need a longer sense of time – based on nature

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Daylight saving time change, spring forward

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Wild Isles review: David Attenborough turns focus to UK and Ireland

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Wild Isles,16-08-2022,Sir David Attenborough,Sir David Attenborough, filming for Wild Isles series, next to Common puffins (Fratercula arctica), Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, June 2022,?Alex Board/Silverback Films,Alex Board WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' Digital Picture Service (BBC Pictures) as set out at www.bbcpictures.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/. In particular, this image may only be published by a registered User of BBC Pictures for editorial use for the purpose of publicising the relevant BBC programme, personnel or activity during the Publicity Period which ends three review weeks following the date of transmission and provided the BBC and the copyright holder in the caption are credited. For any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising and commercial, prior written approval from the copyright holder will be required.
INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 28: A 4,853-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine tree known as Methuselah is growing high at Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California, United States on November 28, 2021. It is also recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Elderflora review: A history of ancient trees is excellent in parts

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A red-eyed tree frog in its Costa Rican rainforest home

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Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Rutendo Shackleton + Sebastian Echeverri BBC Earth podcast

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BBC Earth Podcast review: Get stuck into nature – wherever you find it

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Maria Sybilla Merian on the 500 Deutsche mark note

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How nature is evolving in the human age

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How nature is evolving in the human age

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