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‘We have a long way to go’: can the UK hit its ambitious 30% rewilding targets?

Britain is a vocal supporter of the global bid to return 30% of land to nature, but its record is dismal. Can it make up lost ground in time?

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Cop15: UK accused of hypocrisy over environment protection targets

Despite backing calls to protect 30% of world’s land and sea by 2030, UK has no such target in its own plans

The Guardian - UK

Why pink snow could spell peril for the American West

Researchers are trying to understand what drives snow algal blooms and how they could alter water supplies.

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The Earth's Corr: We need to give nature legal rights

The only future where we all thrive is one where we work in harmony with nature and treat it with the same care we do our children, who just a few generations ago had no rights either

Belfast Live

Explainer-What the world's nature-rich nations want out of a global conservation deal

Tangled expanses of Amazon rainforest, high mountains of the Himalayas, and cloud-shrouded forests are just some of the unique landscapes contained within the world's most nature-rich nations. And protecting these ecosystems, experts say, could help save the planet.

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Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse

Climate change is one of the main drivers of species loss globally. We know more plants and animals will die as heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and other natural disasters worsen.

The Conversation

Christmas spiders on the hunt for mates as summer heats up in Western Australia's south-west

Described as "jewels of the bush", Christmas spiders emerge in prolific numbers across southern Western Australia during the warmer months.

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Bogong moth believed to be making comeback five years after nearing extinction

In 2017 extreme drought conditions caused a Bogong moth population crash. There now appears to have been a rebound, but the species remains at risk.

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'Vaccinating' frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic – but it does provide another option for conservation

When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many wildlife disease researchers like me were not too surprised. Some were intrigued it hadn’t happened sooner; after all, it is our job to observe, describe and study pandemic dynamics in animals.

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More than 1 in 10 species could be lost by end of century, study warns

Modelling shows that if we continue on current trajectory, global heating will drive a cascade of extinctions in plants and animals

The Guardian - UK

Hungry hippo swallows child alive then spits him out

Man commended for bravery after throwing stones to frighten hippo into regurgitating young boy

The Independent UK

UN biodiversity conference: what does living in harmony with nature look like?

The 196 countries meeting for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, are negotiating a new set of targets for reversing the loss of Earth’s biodiversity. They have set themselves a formidable challenge: ensuring humanity is “living in harmony with nature” by 2050.

The Conversation

Renton Righelato obituary

Other lives: Microbiologist who fought to change attitudes to deforestation as a trustee of the World Land Trust

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Endangered moth fights against extinction

New research has revealed the endangered Bogong moth is bouncing back after drought caused havoc with its population.

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Some sharks return to the same sites to breed for decades

Scientists say some species of shark return to the same breeding grounds for decades at a time, and live longer than previously thought

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Writing the seasons: Nature writing for winter with Anita Sethi

Learn how to bring your own voice to this exciting literary field, with the award-winning nature writer Anita Sethi

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Bogong’s back: La Niña rains help moth numbers recover from near extinction

Decimated by relentless drought, the population of the Australian insect is recovering but remains fragile

The Guardian - UK

Watered down: why negotiators at Cop15 are barely mentioning the ocean

With only two instances of the word ‘ocean’ in the latest 5,000-word working agreement, delegates fear marine biodiversity is being sacrificed

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UN chief says humanity ‘a weapon of mass extinction’: here are 7 ways to help stop a species wipeout

Biodiversity is at a crucial point and pressure is growing on the international community to commit to new goals to protect it.

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Northern Ireland ducks and geese set to be better fed thanks to new initiative

Excess bread is harmful to ducks and can cause malnutrition, disease and bad behaviour

ABC News

North West Island on Great Barrier Reef infested with black rats months after mouse eradication

Rangers spent two years eradicating mice from this Great Barrier Reef island, but a different predator is now stalking the coral cay's nesting turtles and seabirds.

Daily Record

Beavers set to be released into wild at Loch Lomond reserve

Approval for Gartocharn site is third in Scotland after Knapdale, Argyll, and Argaty, near Doune.

The Guardian - UK

Lost and found: how a photographer sniffed out the magnolia species not seen for a century

Eladio Fernandez was rewarded after an arduous hike up a Haitian mountain, following in the footsteps of the Swedish botanist who last saw the fragrant flower in 1925

The Conversation

Punk hairstyles and pirouettes: why there's more to spiders than people think

Spider scientists are an optimistic crowd. Perhaps it’s just that we see things from a different angle to arachnophobes. If you don’t believe me, look up Theridion grallator. Researchers from my field call this Hawaiian species the happy-face spider because of the smile-like curves on its back.

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Beavers to return to Loch Lomond for first time in centuries

A FAMILY of beavers are set to be reintroduced into Loch Lomond, signalling the species return to the iconic loch after hundreds of years of absence.

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