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A panel of experts selected nine trees of differing ages and species for the shortlist, while the public were allowed to choose a 10th option as a wildcard.

One of the most pristine and fragile ecosystems in the world, Aldabra is home to 400 species found nowhere else on the planet.

Other whale species include North Pacific gray whales, the North Atlantic right whale, minke, sperm, fin and bowhead whales.

A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought, researchers are claiming in a new study.

"Timber harvesting and transport will allow us to restructure Uswayford, increasing biodiversity by creating open habitats, restoring peatlands and planting of a wider mix of tree species."