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Hedgehogs ‘near threatened’ on red list after 30% decline over past decade

The mammals were once common across Europe but urban development has pushed them towards extinction

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

Hedgehogs listed as ‘near threatened’ after suffering rapid population declines

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said hedgehog numbers are thought to have shrunk in more than half the countries where they live.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

North Idaho Snowmobiling Thrown into Disarray After Last-Minute Wrench

The Endangered Species Act is a generally useful thing. It's protected loads of animals, bugs, and other critters from going extinct since its inception that otherwise would not have been protected. And the way that it succeeded in keeping multiple species alive should be applauded. 

RideApart · Oct 28, 2024

Why don’t Tasmanian magpies swoop people? It’s not black and white

The island’s birds are known for their different behaviour to their mainland counterparts – but it’s not clear what’s behind it

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2024

It's almost Halloween. That means it's time for a bat beauty contest

A special kind of beauty contest featuring bats kicked off in the lead-up to Halloween

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2024

Feeling climate dread? Nature may be the best medicine

While young people experience increasing levels of eco-anxiety, an eminent Australian psychiatrist says working in the environment can be a powerful antidote.

AAP · Oct 25, 2024

From fish to clean water, the ocean matters and here’s how to quantify the benefits

Nature protection, conservation and restoration is “not a trivial matter but key to human survival,” according to scientists quoted in a 2005 UN report. To demonstrate this, they developed the concept of “ecosystem services” – the benefits that people derive from nature. Over the next 20 years, this concept has…

The Conversation · Oct 25, 2024

Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator

Petition to Ecuador’s copyright office is first legal attempt to recognise an ecosystem’s moral authorship

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024

Country diary: I’ve come to the woods, hungry for cheese snails

Buriton chalk pits, Hampshire: Deep in the vegetation, tucked away in the bark of a fallen tree, I find this elusive species

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024

Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened

The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024