8 h. ago Bigger than the average bear! Greedy grizzlies are celebrated as Fat Bear Week announces this year's most impressive beasts preparing to enter hibernation

The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska 's Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other to well they bulk up for winter hibernation.

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10 h. ago Country cottage of dreams is found in a Welsh national park with a surprise bonus in the garden

More to the sale of this gorgeous period home than first meets the eye

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31 h. ago Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales, celebrated by wildlife groups, has drawn a mixed reaction from the state’s Coalition.The opposition leader, Mark Speakman has hedged his party’s support, saying while he “supports the ambition of protecting koalas”, he was concerned about job losses and the cost of the park. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago British Superbike star is rushed to hospital and put in a coma after alarming collision with fellow rider

Callum Grigor is reported to be in a 'serious' condition in hospital after he crashed in Saturday's Pirelli National Superstock Championship race at Donington Park.

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50 h. ago British Superbikes star in coma after horror crash sees Donington Park race red

Callum Grigor was involved in a horror crash during the Pirelli National Superstock Championship race at Donington Park on Saturday and has been placed into an induced coma

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50 h. ago British Superbike star Callum Grigor in coma after horror crash at Donington Park

British Superbike racing star Callum Grigor was rushed to hospital after a serious crash during the Pirelli National Superstock Championship race at Donington Park circuit

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3 d. ago Fat Bear Week is coming – and the competition will be chunky

The brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park can reach a hefty 1,200 pounds as they prepare to hibernate in November

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3 d. ago New homes proposed for Aberfoyle as developers unveil social housing plans

The proposals from Rural Stirling Housing Association have seen an application made the National Park Authority - with 20 new homes mooted.

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3 d. ago Plans for food van in Wales' largest national park approved despite objections

The scheme concerned an area of hard standing at the Tan Y Coed car park in an isolated Dyfi Forest area at Esgairgeiliog

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3 d. ago Ray taught Dezi Freeman about the bush. Later, he watched in dismay as his friend became ‘radicalised’

Accused Porepunkah killer’s former bushwalking companion speaks out as survival experts say Freeman’s chances of evading capture are waningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast month Dezi Freeman fled into the thick bushland of Victoria’s high country. Despite 450 police officers, members of the Australian defence force, paramilitary vehicles and helicopters tracking the fugitive, he has managed to keep hiding.On Tuesday, it will be two weeks since Freeman disappeared into the Mount Buffalo national park, after allegedly shooting and killing two police officers and injuring a third at his residence on Rayner Track in Porepunkah, 300km north-east of Melbourne. The funeral for Sen Const Vadim de Waart-Hottart, 35, was held on Friday at the Victoria police academy, with hundreds of mourners including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and premier, Jacinta Allan, attending. A funeral service for Det Leadi...

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5 d. ago Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting lava 330ft from its crater

North vent in Halemaʻumaʻu crater started releasing the molten rock in 32nd such episode since December 2024Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 ft (100 meters) into the sky from its summit crater.It’s the 32nd episode of the volcano releasing molten rock since December 2024, when its current eruption began. So far, all the lava from this eruption has been contained within the summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes national park. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with lava pouring out from multiple vents

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has resumed erupting and is firing lava high into the sky from its summit crater

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6 d. ago Couple face prison after building 'eyesore' log cabin in national park

Local residents claim they warned the pair that they 'couldn't build there'

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7 d. ago Couple face prison after building 'eyesore' log cabin in treasured UK national park

After building a log cabin in a treasured UK national park, a couple were hit with a stark warning and were ordered to tear it down and restore the land to its original state or face a custodial sentence

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8 d. ago Couple who built illegal log cabin in a national park have a week to return it to nature... or face JAIL

Andrew and Debbie Melbourne pulled down (pictured) the £45,000 off-grid structure in June after they were slapped with a £3,500 fine and given 56 days to get rid of it or risk a custodial sentence.

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8 d. ago Coastal Welsh town with scenic journey through national park named one of UK's most affordable

The town has been named the happiest seaside location in the UK, and it's easy to see why its residents are so content

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9 d. ago What links Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan, and Ygritte and Jon Snow? The Saturday quiz

From Jesus in the wilderness and Moses at Mount Sinai to Claude, DeepSeek and Llama, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Whose only non-US concerts were three dates in Canada in 1957?2 What country was home to the Western Desert art movement?3 Which brother and sister have both played football for England?4 Mom & Me & Mom is the seventh and final volume of whose autobiography?5 Lyndhurst is known as the “capital” of which national park? 6 Which banker recently left the Daily Telegraph after 33 years?7 What Ford model is the UK’s bestselling current car?8 What name is shared by a Hebridean island and a French department?What links: 9 Cleopatra and Mark Antony; Mary Stuart and Lord Darnley; Ygritte and Jon Snow; Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan?10 Caracas; Hanoi; Port Vila?11 Rain causing a flood; Moses’ visits to Mount Sinai; Jesus in the wilderness?12 Bowman’s capsule; glomerulus; loop of Henle?13 First (20.00-24.00); morning (04.00-08.00); first dog (16.00-18.00)?14 Clau...

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9 d. ago Gorgeous walk with stunning views over beauty spot is just an hour from London

The walk is just as magical as the sunflower farm offering sweeping views over the rolling Chiltern Hills, woodlands, a deer park and a National Trust House once linked to a king

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1 week ago ‘It’s nature at its purest – remote, quiet and rejuvenating’: readers’ favourite wild places in Europe

From kayaking between icebergs in Iceland to a Pyrenean hideaway, our tipsters know how to get away from it all• Tell us where to go for late summer sun – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherOne of the most magical places I’ve been is Lake Saimaa in eastern Finland – a huge labyrinth of islands and tranquil forests where you don’t come across many people. We rented a lakeside cabin (typically they cost from about €100 a night, sleeping two) and watched the midnight sun shimmer across peaceful waters. Days were spent kayaking between uninhabited islets or hiking pine-scented trails, with only the call of black-throated divers (or loons) for company. We visited the Linnansaari national park on an archipelago in the middle of the vast lake (the largest in Finland and fourth largest freshwater lake in Europe), where encounters with rare Saimaa ringed seals await. It’s nature’s embrace at its purest – remote, quiet and utterly rejuvenating.Anthony Continue reading...

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1 week ago Heads up ‘tourons’! Yellowstone rangers warn public as grizzly bear capture operations begin

Yellowstone has already seen a couple of bison gorings this year

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