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Chinese New Year: Chiswick House Gardens celebrates with Magical Lantern Festival

One of the UKs earliest examples of English landscape gardens has been taken over by bright and bold Chinese lanterns as part of Londons Lunar New Year celebrations. Chiswick House Gardens is hosting the UK premiere of the Magical Lantern Festival, featuring more than 50 giant headed lanterns, a 66-metre-long dragon and thousands of lights. Feb 4, 2016

Halle Berry says lack of Hollywood diversity is ‘heartbreaking’

Hollywood star Halle Berry, the only black actress to win an Academy Award for a lead role, said it was heartbreaking that no other actresses of colour have followed in her footsteps since she won her Oscar. Last months nominations for the 2016 Oscars were met with an outcry over the omission of any actors of colour for a second year, with actor Will Smith and director Spike Lee saying they would not attend the awards ceremony on 28 February. Feb 4, 2016

New video captures only known wild jaguar in the US

The only known wild jaguar in the United States has made his video debut, captured on a remote sensor camera outside of Tucson, Arizona, and giving wildlife experts more insight into the movements of the elusive cat, experts said on 3 February. Feb 4, 2016

Clockwork lion sculpture unveiled in Trafalgar Square

The four bronze lions of Londons central Trafalgar Square got a temporary addition on 28 January, with a clockwork sculpture of the animal unveiled to highlight the plight of big cats. The statue, made of clockwork mechanics, will stand in the square for just a day before being auctioned off to raise money for National Geographics Big Cats Initiative, which says it aims to halt the decline of big cats in the wild. According to the initiative, recent estimates indicate there are likely some 30,000 African lions in the wild. Jan 28, 2016

Sri Lanka: Over 350 confiscated elephant tusks destroyed

Sri Lanka has destroyed 359 elephant tusks on 26 January, after paying tribute with a Buddhist ceremony for the wild animals who lost their lives for them. John Scanlon, the Secretary General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, attended the event with Sri Lankas Wildlife Minister, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera. Jan 26, 2016
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