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Back from the brink, the bearded vulture makes a cautious return to French Alps

In a hidden valley in the French Alps, conservationists are quietly raising Europe’s largest bird of prey – the bearded vulture – once wiped out from these mountains. After a century away, it is once again soaring again over the Alps, but its comeback still depends on human care.

Radio France Internationale

World’s landscapes may soon be ‘devoid of wild animals’, says nature photographer

Margot Raggett, whose latest compilation shows animals scrubbed from natural habitats, calls for rethink on UK accelerated housebuilding

The Guardian - UK

Dormice, otters and other rare wildlife ‘at risk’ from planning reforms – report

Conservationists warn of a ‘black hole’ in the evidence that replacing on-site measures with a levy for nature work elsewhere works for many species.

The Independent UK

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Australia's wet tropics no longer drawing down carbon

The trunks of trees in Australia's tropical rainforests have become a net source of carbon dioxide in a discovery that could undermine global climate goals.

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World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds

Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide

The Guardian - UK

Many people go their whole lives without seeing a platypus in the wild. We just saw four in one night

Ten platypuses were reintroduced into Sydney’s Royal national park in 2023. This week, two new juveniles were discovered, leading one researcher to cry ‘Oh, give me a hug’

The Guardian - AU

Different croaks: new frog and gecko species discovered on remote island in Australia’s north

Researchers on expedition to Dauan Island heard two distinct frog calls in the rain and ‘sure enough, they were species new to science’

The Guardian - AU

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Mystery as 26 killer whales wash up dead on beach and scientists don’t know why

It is believed to be the third known stranding of type D orcas worldwide

The Independent UK

Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised

Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them.

The Guardian - UK

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source

Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s rainforests now release more carbon than they absorb, scientists warn

Tropical cyclones are further weakening ability of rainforests to absorb carbon

The Independent UK

Winner of the Australian bird of the year 2025 to be announced on Guardian live stream

Will the tawny frogmouth finally take the top perch? Could conservationist backing propel Baudin’s black cockatoo to the skies? Or will the gang-gang gang prove triumphant?

The Guardian - AU

'Path to recovery': algae bloom summer plan revealed

A $102.5 million algal bloom plan has been unveiled as a state tries to bounce back months after being struck by an ecological and economic disaster.

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Country diary: Giants of the garden, our hollyhocks grow where they like

Allendale, Northumberland: Their sheer presence makes them a source of delight, and they’ve taken root in unlikely places. Now it’s time to collect their seeds

The Guardian - UK

National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign

People urged to savour sights, sounds and smells of the season as poll shows disconnect during darker months

The Guardian - AU

Birding is a heightened state with a strange loss of self. Once you start, it’s hard to stop

It began as a distraction when I was battling addiction. Now the more birds I recognise, the more I feel part of the natural world

International Business Times

World's Coral Reefs Crossing Survival Limit: Global Experts

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday.

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Beavers, pigs and ponies to rewild landscape in first Government-backed scheme

Boothby Wildland, the first ‘landscape recovery’ scheme supported by the Government, aims to be an ‘exemplar’ in using private finance to help nature.

The Guardian - AU

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

The Independent UK

Conservationists warn bees and butterflies are at risk of disappearing for good

More than 20 per cent of both bumble bee and cellophane bee species are under threat

The Guardian - UK

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

The Guardian - AU

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

The Guardian - AU

Orange-bellied parrots have swelled back from imminent extinction – but now they face a new threat

Experts warn approving a windfarm in the habitat of one of Australia’s most critically endangered birds could be ‘rolling the dice’ on their survival

The Independent UK

Green turtle rescued from brink of extinction

The green turtle’s status has been downgraded from endangered after years of conservation work

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