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Clear milk bottle lids a win for obsessive bowerbirds

The satin bowerbird's obsession with the colour blue can sometimes be deadly but a change in milk packaging could help save the showy bird.

AAP · Feb 6, 2024

Scientists Study Levels Of Toxic Mercury In Antarctic Seals, Whales

A gunshot interrupts the peaceful sleep of a leopard seal, lying nonchalantly on a small piece of ice floating in the shadow of an Antarctic glacier.

International Business Times · Feb 6, 2024

Concern for orcas trapped in drift ice off Hokkaido coast in Japan

Japanese media report that pod of orcas became trapped in ice close to Rausu on Shiretoko peninsula

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2024

Asian Waterbird Census records 11,470 birds of 83 species in Kollam

The tally is from the comprehensive survey conducted, covering 13 wetlands across the district. Sixty-three birders and volunteers were part of the survey carried out on January 26 with the support of the Social Forestry Division (Kollam).

The Hindu · Feb 3, 2024

Groundbreakers by Chantal Lyons review – the whole hog

The remarkable story of Britain’s wild boar, and their controversial resurgence

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024

Baleen Whales Susceptible To Ingesting Plastic Due To Their Sense Of Smell, Study Warns

Researchers discover that baleen whales may mistake plastic for food due to their olfactory capabilities.

Zenger · Feb 2, 2024

Cranes, UK’s tallest bird, bred in higher numbers last summer than for centuries

At least 80 pairs recorded in 2023 after species began breeding again in 1979, having disappeared from UK in 16th century

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

Logging changes put gliders in peril, experts warn

Greater glider ecologists say the endangered species is in deeper trouble after NSW's watchdog for nature changed the rules that apply to logging.

AAP · Feb 2, 2024

Country diary: The unsung groundsel has been flowering all winter

Quarryheads Lane, Durham: This patch carried with it a fungus that, under a microscope, revealed an exquisite beauty

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

‘Quite a surprise’: king penguin swims thousands of kilometres to find itself on South Australian beach

The bird, usually found on subantarctic islands, believed to be undergoing annual moulting on land at Coorong beach

The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2024