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If you have a rhododendron in your garden or pass one by on an afternoon walk perhaps you think of it as just a colourful and pretty shrub. You may have heard that they come from the Himalayas, and that they are invasive plants that destroy ecosystems.

The world is losing animals at an alarming rate due to habitat degradation, climate change and illegal human activities in the wildlife protected areas. In fact, it is estimated that, by 2100, more than half of Africa’s bird and mammal species could be lost.

75% of Euro. bumblebee species may be threatened in 40-60 yrs due to human-driven habitat degradation & climate change. Global change mitigation policies are needed to protect them. Results show 38-76% of non-threatened species may lose 30% of their territory by 2061-2080. Scandinavia may become refuge, but effects of finer-scale…

According to new research, ground-nesting birds known as lapwings exploit the design of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tim Birkhead’s life’s work reveals the unexpectedly colourful lives of gregarious guillemots on the Welsh island of Skomer

Seaham coastal path, County Durham: It’s the end of summer, and around the blackberry bush, all that was pristine and purposeful is now a little worse for wear

This beautiful bird’s former name represented colonial dominance – and told us nothing about the species

Study reveals existence of 36 elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu, Chief Wildlife Warden tells Madras High Court

Peter Down says he has lost nearly everything after Asian hornets wiped out the majority of his hives