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  • An orangutan is rescued from an area affected by wildfires in Ketapang, Indoesnia.

    The week in wildlife
    The week in wildlife: a rescued orangutan, the chonkiest bear and a barn owl’s triumph

    This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
    Gallery19
  • people playing with dogs

    New Washington DC law bans landlords from imposing dog breed restrictions

    Landlords can no longer refuse pit bulls, rottweilers, dobermans or other breeds considered ‘scary’
  • Bear eating pastries

    Hitting the sweet spot: bear treats itself to baked goods at Colorado farmers’ market

    Shoppers and vendors in Aspen surprised by unusual customer as it stretched to sample stall offerings

    • Peta claimed victory when fashion stopped using fur – so why are they back hijacking catwalks?

    • Young country diary
      Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

    • Stella McCartney makes waves with ‘sea life, not sea food’ theme in zero-wool Paris show

  • Baby orangutan Abu clings to its mother while rescuers check her with a medical monitor

    The age of extinction
    ‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population

  • Bear 89, an adult brown bear nicknamed Backpack, is crowned the champion of 2026's Fat Bear Week. The tournament is held annually by Alaska's Katmai national park to celebrate the animals' preparation for winter hibernation.

    Backpack is Fat Bear Week's 2026 winner – video

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  • After he was taken to a dog sanctuary by elderly owners, Comando was recruited by the national guard for community outreach and search and rescue operations

    Comando the chihuahua adopted by the Mexican national guard – video

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  • An illustration by Noel McKenna from the Lady with the Dog by Carrie Tiffany, showing a woman seated in an armchair facing a dog, both enclosed inside a circular fence

    double quotation markMy mother’s phone calls became stranger, but I couldn’t visit. A rescue dog helped me reach her

    Carrie Tiffany

  • The 2026 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures

    Gallery13

  • Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win Alaska’s Fat Bear Week title

  • Udder madness: why are highland cows suddenly everywhere?

  • Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows

  • Tern turnaround: colonies in England show signs of recovery after decline

  • ‘I just saw this furry brown bottom disappear!’ In search of Samba – the fearless fugitive capybara

  • A black bear lies in a crawl space beneath a home, with a numbered ear tag nearby

    ‘He’s unbearable’: bear that went viral for living under LA home is back

  • a sheriff speaks next to a photograph of a dog

    Police dog’s heatstroke death prompts criminal investigation in Tennessee

  • People watch a large shark stuck in a South Korea city canal

    Large shark stuck in South Korean city canal draws 600,000 visitors

  • Close up of a baby Siamese crocodile held in hands against a Buddhist monk's orange clothing.

    The age of extinction
    Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations

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