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Pandamonium gives artistic support to WWF at The Lightbox in Woking

Created by leading contemporary artists in an exploration of beauty and fragility, a panda-based collection of works in Woking will support conservation efforts by the WWF.

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Seeds of Change: Artist and Arnolfini create A Floating Ballast Seed Garden in Bristol

An ongoing investigation by Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves into ballast flora in the port cities of Europe has birthed an inimitable botanical landmark in Bristol.

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Culture24/7: Science and Nature highlights for May 2013

From the Thames and Kew Gardens to Greenland and journeys through the Earth, May is an inspiring month in Science and Nature. Here are a few exhibitions we've spotted.

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Our Time in Ice reflects on a fragile spring at Brighton's ONCA Gallery

The second exhibition at a gallery attuned to climate concerns is a strikingly simple and multi-disciplinary one, says Mary Stevens.

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Mariele Neudecker – Heterotopias and Other Domestic Landscapes at the Brighton Festival

Mariele Neudecker's three-storey show at Brighton's Regency Town House could represent the German installation artist's most ambitious work to date, says Mary Stevens.

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"Exciting and innovative" Environmental Art Festival Scotland to take place in August 2013

An environmental festival will launch this year as part of a £400,000 partnership between Creative Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.

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"An eerie, magical feeling": Katie Paterson takes a history of life to Kettle's Yard

Having explored mammoth teeth, dragonfly wings and the bones of bears during a residency alongside scientists, Katie Paterson's new exhibition is a miniature history of life.

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Superfood season gets down to earth as Chelsea Physic Garden embraces summer

Expert talks on the power of plants and vegetables are the star events in a summer of family activities and behind-the-scenes tours at London's 17th century Physic Garden.

Giant's Causeway: The new visitor centre at Northern Ireland's World Heritage Site

Northern Ireland's famous World Heritage Site has never disappointed, but an £18.5 million visitor centre makes it all the better. Mark Sheerin takes a look.

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Photographer Sebastião Salgado's Genesis at the Natural History Museum in London

Having seen deforestation on his native Brazilian farm, acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado went to five corners of the earth in pursuit of a portrait of the natural world.

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Ice Age returns: Brighton Museum Chilled to the Bone

Did curators in Brighton have one eye on the forecast when they were formulating their new Ice Age exhibition? Sarah Jackson takes a look at cave bear skulls, hand axes and orangutan jaws.

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Science Culture24/7: Seismic stations, liposuction fat and insect eating for April 2013

Bones in Coventry, pests in London, steel science in Sheffield and rumbles and groans in Manchester in our round-up of some Science and Nature highlights this month.

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CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013 at the Royal Geographical Society

See some of the selected pictures ahead of the opening of a powerful showcase of environmental photography opening in London in April.

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Beneath and Beyond takes seismic upheaval to the Museum of Science and Industry

Live seismic recordings from 50 stations around the world – including ones beneath Greater Manchester – help create a unique sound and video installation at the MOSI.

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New £10.5 million Northumberland National Park Sill centre moves a step closer

Planners have begun consulting on plans to create a landscape-inspired visitor centre and youth hostel at The Sill, within the famous Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.

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