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The BBC's Daniel Schweimler visits the world's biggest parrot colony in Patagonia, southern Argentina, which is threatened by development and agriculture.

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A penguin chick separated from its colony after its older sibling kept eating all its food is returned to the family fold in Devon.

A Suffolk housing project is delayed to protect the UK's biggest urban toad population.

An island that is home to important colonies of sea birds is made Wales' newest national nature reserve.

The BBC's Prachi Pinglay visits the Mumbai fishermen's colony from where last week's attackers are said to have entered.

A recently identified ant which wipes out native species is finding new homes in northern Europe.

Seabirds on the Farne Islands see numbers rise during 2008, in contrast to the declines recorded elsewhere in the UK.

A colony of rare snails has been found living on the banks of the River Len in the middle of Maidstone.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office says victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn Island can apply for compensation.

A 50% decline in honey bee numbers leads to a 25% smaller crop at an apple festival.

BBC's Tidiane Sy looks back on France's colonial legacy in Senegal, as another former French colony, Guinea, celebrates 50 years of independence.

Rare ants which thrive on the Isles of Scilly are used to help replenish numbers in mainland Britain.

Manchester Airport's new £1.1m home for its Concorde is brought to a halt by a colony of newts.

A bird warden records evidence that the the UK's smallest seabird has colonised a Welsh island.

Food shortages are forcing Scotland's seabirds to attack and kill chicks from neighbouring nests, experts say.

A rare colony of goose barnacles has gone on show at an aquarium in East Sussex after being found on a beach.

Bacterial colonies in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients use chemicals found in snake venom to attack them, research shows.

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