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‘We have never seen this’: scientists baffled by behaviour of pilot whales before WA mass stranding

Environment minister says way pod crowded tightly together 150 metres offshore before becoming beached is ‘unique and pretty incredible’

The Guardian - AU

More than 50 pilot whales die after mass stranding in western Australia

Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them.

France 24

An expert explains the stranding of 97 pilot whales in WA and their mysterious 'huddling' before the tragedy

Sad scenes are unfolding in Western Australia after a pod of pilot whales became stranded on a beach late on Tuesday. According to the latest reports, 51 of the whales have died. Some 46 remain beached and authorities are working desperately to get them back out to sea.

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Birds’ Signature Defense Thwarts Cuckoo Egg Forgeries

Fork-tailed drongos use unique egg 'signatures' to identify and reject nearly identical African cuckoo eggs.

Zenger

On the Texas-Mexico border, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives an owl protected status, seeks to declare two mussel species endangered

Wildlife groups have long lobbied for increased protection for the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl. The agency says the mussels species are threatened by reduced flow and poor water quality in the Rio Grande.

The Texas Tribune

Spot the difference: why drongos are likely to clock African cuckoo eggs 94% of the time

Zambia study finds egg variability and random nest selection by cuckoos helps fork-tailed drongos rumble impostors

The Guardian - UK

The feral flying under the radar: why we need to rethink European honeybees

Australia’s national parks, botanic gardens, wild places and green spaces are swarming with an invasive pest that is largely flying under the radar. This is yet another form of livestock, escaped from captivity and left to roam free.

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Global calls to revoke ‘misleading’ sustainable farming certification for salmon in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour

Letters sent to two accreditation schemes say pollution is contributing to the extinction of a critically endangered fish species

The Guardian - AU

New BBC series to showcase Scotland’s incredible wildlife and scenery

A NEW series showcasing Scotland’s wildlife, habitats and scenery is to be shown by

The National (Scotland)

Northern Irish fisherman lands catch of a lifetime blue lobster – for the second time

Stuart Brown caught the same crustacean for the second time in just a few months.

Evening Standard

Fisherman lands catch of a lifetime blue lobster – for the second time

Stuart Brown caught the same crustacean for the second time in just a few months.

The Independent UK

In search of the world's largest freshwater fish – the wonderfully weird giants lurking in Earth's rivers

Rivers have been the lifeblood of human civilization throughout history, and yet we know surprisingly little about what lives in many of them – including the giant creatures that prowl their depths.

The Conversation

Queensland to extend fire ant control zone into NSW in bid to stop their march to the border

Four-year plan includes forming a 10km band around infestation zones and will include penalties for those breaching the Biosecurity Act

The Guardian - AU

Kent Wildlife Trust to receive £100,000 for bison rewilding project

The money will come from Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Challenge Fund which rewards projects that ‘think big, act wild’

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Country diary: A water shrew, a long way from water

Falmouth, Cornwall: This velveteen scurrier lives in a churchyard, a sign of life among the dead

The Independent UK

California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires

Beavers have long been treated as a nuisance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams

Cinemablend

Why Shark Week Capturing The 'World's Most Famous Orcas' On Camera Originally Seemed Like A Terrible Idea To One Expert

Shark Week's "Alien Sharks" special captured Port and Starboard on camera, and expert Forrest Galante originally thought it was a terrible idea to try!

The Independent UK

Near-extinct and ‘extremely precious’ kingfishers to be released into the wild

The project by Zoological Society of London hopes to bring the threatened birds back into the wild on the Pacific island of Guam.

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Troubled by wasps this summer? I have a fail-safe approach to shooing them away

Wasps have taken over my shed and are a wonder to behold – especially since I worked out how to live with them in harmony, writes Alys Fowler

The Guardian - UK

Moth on brink of extinction found flying at secret Scottish site

Discovery of dark bordered beauty males where caterpillars were released raises hopes species can be revived

Salon

Crazy ants with crazier genetics

As yellow crazy ants spread across the globe, researchers are shocked by their strange genetics

Cinemablend

Shark Week's Dr. Austin Gallagher Gets Candid About Belly Of The Beast's 'Insane' Great White Finale

Dr. Austin Gallagher shared his firsthand experience for the "Belly of the Beast" finale that played out like a movie!

Newsroom.co.nz

Lack of data foils SailGP probe

A Conservation investigation crumbled when SailGP didn’t provide data. David Williams reports.

The Hindu

Experts call for publicising elephant estimation data, Forest dept. to release report shortly

Baffled by the steep fall in the elephant population in Kerala forests, wildlife specialists have suggested publicising the estimation data.

The Independent UK

Gaelic lullabies and ‘bodies everywhere’: How the UK’s deadliest whale stranding in decades unfolded

Rescuers tell Andy Gregory of the desperate effort to keep members of the pod alive – and the arduous post-mortems which could shine light on why these incidents may be on the rise

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