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Tony Soper obituary

Television presenter and writer who came up with the idea of a BBC natural history unit and led cruises to polar regions

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024

A new blue carbon map of the UK gives mud new meaning

I recently spent a sunny morning aboard Falcon Spirit, a University of Plymouth research vessel. As the boat motored along the south Devon coast, I spoke to Joan Edwards, director of marine policy for The Wildlife Trusts, about some exciting new research that maps blue carbon habitats in UK seas.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2024

License To Krill: There’s A New Threat To Whales And Its Just as Bad as the Last One

Whales feed for roughly 100 days out of each year; depending on the species, an adult whale may consume 1 to 6 tons of krill in a day.

Inverse · Sep 19, 2024

Scores of invasive pythons captured in Florida including nearly 10ft snake

Tens of thousands of invasive pythons seized in Florida in the past 25 years

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

For many in the UK, 2024 was the year without a butterfly

The charity behind the world’s largest butterfly survey has declared a national emergency.

The Conversation · Sep 18, 2024

Two ‘precious’ specimens of extinct New Zealand huia bird up for auction in England

Bird, special to Māori people, was last seen in 1907

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

How this lizard learned to "scuba dive"

New research illuminates the crafty behavior of Anolis aquaticus, a lizard that doesn't mind it wet

Salon · Sep 18, 2024

‘Butterfly emergency’ declared as UK summer count hits record low

Conservation group calls on government to ban insect-killing neonicotinoid pesticides outright

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

Lizards use nostril bubbles to breathe underwater and evade predators, researchers find

Water anoles jump into streams when threatened and produce a bubble that helps them stay underwater for up to 20 minutes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024

Photo captures seal in humpback whale's mouth after unintentional swallowing

A photograph by a naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal unintentionally gulped it

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024