Cockatoo ‘living on brioche’ inside Sydney supermarket rescued after four weeks ‘Mickey is everyone in Sydney’s spirit animal at the moment, eating free food,’ New South Wales premier Chris Minns said The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024
One of the rarest species of whale in the world sees population increase Conservationists called on shipping and fishing industries to do more to bring the animals back from the brink of extinction The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2024
Cop16: What is the UN nature summit and what will negotiations involve? Here are answers to key questions about the Cop16 conference on biodiversity. The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2024
Cote d'Ivoire has lost 'nearly 80 percent of its forest and wildlife cover' How can we protect wild animals when the world's forest cover continues to shrink? This is just one of the many issues under discussion at the Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia. In West Africa, certain emblematic species such as the elephant are at risk of extinction. The head of… Radio France Internationale · Oct 21, 2024
Cop16 at a glance: the big issues that will define talks at Colombia’s UN summit Delegates from 196 countries are discussing progress in preserving biodiversity. So what are the sticking points? The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024
Country diary: The last warm day of the year, and the woodland is changing Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Above, the canopy is opening up, letting the light in; below, fungus is beginning to sprout from the dark soil The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024
UN Chief Seeks 'Significant' Funding At Summit To Save Nature UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged "significant investment" in a fund created to safeguard Earth's biodiversity as he addressed delegates to the world's biggest nature protection conference in Cali, Colombia. International Business Times · Oct 20, 2024
Zoologist Jane Goodall warns: ‘The world is a mess’ ahead of COP16 As officials from around 200 countries prepare to meet in Colombia for the Cop16 biodiversity summit starting Monday, world-respected British zoologist Jane Goodall said there was little time left to reverse the downward slide. She wants the United Nations meeting to lead to action rather than "words and false promises". Radio France Internationale · Oct 20, 2024
Fish Farmers Struggle To Recreate Wild Environments — With Surprising Consequences Many sea creatures lead complex, social lives in the wild and are likely to suffer in farmed conditions. But they aren’t mainstays of the aquaculture industry − yet. Inverse · Oct 20, 2024
Why gulls don't deserve the hate There’s a lot we get wrong about our least favorite seabirds Salon · Oct 20, 2024
‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies? Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024
‘The bully of the bird table’: how the humble starling conquered the world Some celebrate them, others despise them. Yet this mimicking, competitive and acrobatic songbird still exerts a powerful fascination The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming to blame? Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2024
Sale of Essex acid grassland for homes would set ‘catastrophic precedent’ Idea that every habitat is replaceable is a misuse of biodiversity net gain, say ecological experts The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024 What is really behind the decline in wild salmon? Letters: Readers respond to an editorial on falling numbers and debate what can be done to help fish and the wider ecosystem
Salon · Oct 18, 2024 Why fungi deserve better protections Fungi are the “firmament of life on Earth,” experts say but don’t get equivalent protections of plants and animals
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024 Country diary: Everything about this moth larva says ‘don’t touch me’ River Wear, Durham City: The bane of hop pickers, the pale tussock moth larva isn’t normally found precariously wandering along a bridge
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024 What to know about red tide after Florida's back-to-back hurricanes Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast who weathered back-to-back hurricanes now have something else to keep an eye on: A possible plume of harmful algae in the waters off of the state’s southwest coast
The Conversation · Oct 17, 2024 The B.C. election could decide the future of the province’s species at risk laws With British Columbians going to the polls this week, a whole host of key issues are on the agenda. Among these issues stands the future of species at risk legislation in B.C. — and perhaps with it Canada as a whole.
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024 Bees are the latest victims of plastic pollution. Why that raises serious concerns about our food supply Without pollinators like bees, the human race and its ecosystems would not survive
Latin Times · Oct 17, 2024 New Study Reveals Stinging Truth Behind Mosquito Preference for Some, Aversion to Others Researchers discovered sugars among other compounds excited the mosquitoes' neurons, while other compounds inhibited neural activity.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 17, 2024 Rescuers have 'high hopes' for humpback whale stranded on Scottish beach RESCUERS are hopeful that a humpback whale which was stranded on the south of Scotland coastline will make a full recovery after it was refloated ...
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024 Invasive 2m-long snake breeding inside walls and attics across UK, scientists warn Aesculapian snake’s behaviour is ‘unusual’ compared to native species
The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2024 Greater gliders risk being wiped out after drastically undercounted government survey, campaigners say Forest Alliance of NSW report says current regulations are a ‘licence to kill’ endangered species in four state forests where logging is scheduled
International Business Times · Oct 17, 2024 Worms And Snails Handle The Pressure 2,500m Below The Pacific Surface Giant worms found wriggling under the Pacific seabed have unveiled a thriving ecosystem in a fiercely hostile environment, according to a study published by Nature.