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White butterflies are filling Johannesburg's skies earlier than usual. Climate change is to blame

Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa’s Gauteng province, including the city of Johannesburg, fill with small white butterflies. Some land in people’s gardens, allowing a closer look at the thin brown markings on their wings. Those markings give the butterflies their name:…

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US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered

The Biden administration is designating the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species

The Independent UK

Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone

As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth’s other crisis: loss of living species.

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Professional diver reveals ocean creature people should fear most - and it's not sharks

Experienced diver Kayleigh Grant, from Hawaii, has spent years swimming with sharks and says they're quite shy and not the man eating monsters we might think they are

Daily Mirror

Great Barrier Reef flagged as ‘in danger’ world heritage site. What does this mean?

Scientists have made recommendation for the reef. So what did their report say, how might the government respond and what happens next?

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Great Barrier Reef should be put on 'in danger' list, UN panel says

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is "in danger", a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.

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Mussels are disappearing from the Thames and growing smaller – and it's partly because the river is cleaner

Freshwater ecosystems, including rivers, are home to 10% of all known animal species. Yet at the same time, they are losing their species diversity faster than any other ecosystem type globally. Because species of animals respond to different threats in various ways, it makes it difficult to assess the health…

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Mussel numbers in the Thames drop by 95 per cent

The study also found that mussel size had decreased since the 1960s.

Evening Standard

Great Barrier Reef should be placed on world heritage ‘in danger’ list, UN-backed report says

Experts from Unesco and IUCN find climate change threatens reef’s values and work to improve water quality is too slow

The Guardian - AU

Scientists discover new kind of seaweed 100m below surface in Antarctica

The research is said to be important for furthering our knowledge of the continent.

The Independent UK

Dog walkers warned they could face fines for disturbing rare shorebirds on Northumberland coast

Disturbing the birds can reduce their chances of survival

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Health: US Researchers Find Gut-Brain Connection For Social Behavior

According to recent University of Oregon zebrafish research, gut microbes encourage specialized cells to remove extra connections from brain circuits that regulate social behaviour. Read on for details:

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Top-flight recovery: the inspiring comeback of the California condor

Nearly extinct in the 1980s, an intensive programme to reverse the bird’s decline has made it a conservation success story

The Guardian - UK

Native mussel numbers down almost 95% since 1960s, Thames survey finds

Scientists trying to replicate 1964 study say results reveal alarming deterioration in river’s ecosystem

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Rare dolphins, whales spotted in Upper Gulf

Irrawaddy dolphins, Indo-Pacific finless porpoises and Bryde's whales have been detected in areas of the Upper Gulf of Thailand, says the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.

Inverse

Firefly swarms may have finally solved a 20-year-old scientific mystery

In the quiet woods, the synchronized flashes of fireflies and their dissonant counterparts may have illuminated a trove of new chimeras for mathematicians and physicists to chase.

Irish Mirror

World's first Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss recommends constitutional change to protect rights of nature

The representative section of Irish society was whittled down from 2,400 responses to 20,000 invitations and 4% were farmers

The New Daily

Funnel-web spiders come out to play amid perfect weather conditions

Australians have been put on notice as recent humid weather has one of the world's most deadly arachnids coming out of hiding.

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‘We need a breakthrough deal on biodiversity’: can Montreal summit deliver for nature?

In 201o, politicians pledged to halt devastation of Earth’s wildlife. Since then, no progress has been made. And despite glimmers of hope, prospects look grim for next month’s top-level meeting in Canada

The Guardian - AU

‘Tangled mess of inaction’: hundreds of threatened species recovery plans expiring in next six months

Growing list facing extinction and underresourcing of conservation means plans have not been updated

The Guardian - AU

Ragged leaves, untidy corners and no pesticides: how to plant a butterfly garden

A butterfly-friendly back yard is not neat, but what is lost in nibbled leaves is made up for in fluttering colours, and an aid to conservation

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UN Wildlife Conference Ends with Protection for 500 Species

An international conference on trade in endangered species ended Friday in Panama, with protections established for over 500 species. The measures were approved by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known by its initials as CITES. The conference agreed to tighten trade regulations…

The Guardian - UK

How do sharks clean their teeth? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brain-teasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - AU

Rocket launches pose extinction-level threat to SA’s tiny southern emu wren, conservationists warn

Tanya Plibersek could list the bird as endangered amid concerns about proposed rocket launch site

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Whale hearing tested off Qld coast to help protect the mammals from man-made noises

The US Navy is funding research that will follow humpbacks as they pass the Sunshine Coast to determine in an effort to protect the marine giants from man-made noise pollution.

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