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• World's biggest flower goes to seed at Eden

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  The Eden Project green team has harvested what it believes to be a record number of seeds from the biggest flower in the world.

• Zuri celebrates first birthday

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  Staff at a popular Devon zoo are celebrating the first birthday of a very special youngster.

• Top TV comedian to open Exeter mill

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  TV comedian Bill Bailey will open Exeter's historic Cricklepit Mill later this spring.

• Giraffe lover donates £36k to Devon zoo

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  A mystery giraffe lover has donated a whopping £36,000 to a popular Westcountry zoo.

• Bristol student names two new meat-eating dinos

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  Fossils unearthed in the Sahara desert have been identified as two new species of meat-eating dinosaur.

• Cash boost for rare butterfly protect

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  A Westcountry wildlife charity is set to start work on a £44,000 three-year project to help protect one of the UK's rarest butterflies.

• Heathland wildlife 'under threat'

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  The poor state of lowland heathland across the South West is putting some of the region's most endangered species in even greater danger of extinction, a report warns.

• Zoo keepers save endangered monkeys

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  Two of the rarest monkeys on the planet are being hand-reared at Devon's Paignton Zoo after being abandoned by their mother.

• An Eden first as giant smelly flower bears fruit

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  The world's biggest, smelliest flower has borne fruit at the Eden Project in Cornwall for the first time.

• Threatened seabird forced into Cornish waters for food

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  Warmer sea temperatures are driving increasing numbers of Europe's most endangered seabird into Cornish waters in search of food.

• Plymouth scientist tops download list

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  Plymouth University toxicology researcher Dr Awadhesh Jha has topped the 'Top 25 Hottest Articles' downloaded from the ScienceDirect website.

• Engaging with extinction

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  Marine biodiversity expert Professor John Spicer has written a book aimed at helping everyone understand the very real biodiversity crisis faced by the planet Earth.

• Beetle resurfaces after 60 years

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  A beetle thought to be extinct in the UK since 1948 has been rediscovered in south Devon.

• Uncertain future for rare farmland birds

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  Rare birds living on south Devon farmland could be under serious threat unless new protection schemes are introduced, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has warned.

• Giant sharks and whales spotted in South West waters

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  Large sharks and whales are being regularly encountered along the South West coast.

• Dolphin population at risk in the South West

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  Dolphins off the South West (Devon, Cornwall and Dorset) coast are in severe danger of being completely wiped out, marine conservationists have warned.