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DANGEROUS ANIMALS

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The stag beetle’s intimidating appearance belies its vulnerability, says Claire Saul, as she discovers what we can do to help them survive

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Summer 1975 was a glorious time to be young on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. “We had the beaches to ourselves – nobody else wanted to go in the water, not even a lot of people who’d l

Spectacular, intriguing and rather bizarre, Sarracenia is a group of plants that defies expectation. Their bold and colourful trumpets look exotic, even alien, yet they are resoundingly earthbound, an