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Are figs full of dead wasps? An entomologist reveals the answer

Fig wasps help pollinate figs and spread seeds, dying inside in the process. But by the time figs get to the eater, the wasp is long gone.

Inverse

How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hiding in cliffs

Ben Nyberg stood on a knife-edge ridge along Hawaii’s Na Pali Coast, his eyes scouring the leafy recesses of the neighboring red-rock ridges. It was quiet, if not for a faint buzzing of a drone flying among flocks of curious white-tailed tropicbirds.

Reuters

Australia’s mountain mist frog declared extinct as red list reveals scale of biodiversity crisis

Experts describe it as a ‘beautiful endemic rainforest species’, one of several that have not been seen for decades

The Guardian - AU

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Prince William pays tribute to friend Mark Jenkins after plane tragedy in Kenya

Mark Jenkins and his son Peter die in crash in East Africa

Evening Standard

Prince William and Kate Middleton's friend and his son die in tragic plane crash

William made a statement announcing the sad news of his friend's passing.

Daily Record

William pays tribute to conservation friend and son who died in Kenya

The royal said Mark Jenkins and his son Peter were tragically killed while flying over Tsavo National Park.

The Independent UK

Marine mammals, corals pushed to extinction: Conservation group

IUCN sounds alarm over growing extinction threat to large marine mammals, abalone species and Caribbean corals.

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Marine life hit by ‘perfect storm’ as red list reveals species close to extinction

Unsustainable human activity putting dugongs, abalone shellfish and pillar coral at risk of disappearing, says latest IUCN update

The Guardian - UK

Aussie species join extinction risk list

More Australian species have been added to a global list of imperilled species - and one frog is now considered gone forever.

AAP

Dugong, coral, abalone face extinction threat, IUCN says

An international conservation organization says populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction

The Independent UK

Chester zoo hails birth of rare Malayan tapir as ‘important moment’

Female calf named Nessa will help efforts to protect species, of which fewer than 2,500 remain in the wild

The Guardian - UK

Chester zoo celebrates birth of endangered Malayan tapir

Little Nessa will grow up to join a breeding programme to help safeguard the survival of her species

Evening Standard

Five new species of coral discovered

Why new species of black coral are a big deal for both conservation and science

Salon

Frogs hopping to knock Taylor Swift and Paul Kelly from Aria chart

An album made up of sounds from more than 60 species of Australian frogs is hoping to bring attention to the plight of endangered amphibians

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The Independent UK

Study documents first-known instance of male jaguars forming coalitions

‘The secret life of jaguars is more complex than previously thought’

Daily Record

Return of beavers to Scotland hailed as global example by Scots nature minister

EXCLUSIVE: Speaking ahead of the crucial UN COP15 summit, Green biodiversity minister Lorna Slater said 'destructive' man-made activities towards nature had to end.

360info

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.

360info

A cat in the house saves the birds in the bush

Cats are skillful hunters. In Australia, public campaigning and local government regulation are helping to keep wildlife and domestic cats safer.

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Al Jazeera

US Native American tribes seek to reintroduce indigenous wildlife

Native American groups in the US are trying to restore local species like ferrets and foxes as extinctions increase.

Reuters

Indigenous people seek stronger land rights at COP15 nature talks

Negotiations on a deal to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 are woefully behind in addressing the concerns of native people, whose land holds the majority of the world's remaining biodiversity, indigenous advocates told Reuters at the U.N. nature summit in Montreal.

France 24

Biodiversity: Ocean 'dead zones' are proliferating due to global warming

As the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity got under way in Montreal on Wednesday, FRANCE 24 spoke to marine biologist Françoise Gaill about marine “dead zones” and their link to global warming.

The Guardian - UK

Lost and found: how a jungle trek led to first photo of fearless, fluffy-cheeked monkey

Bouvier’s red colobus monkey was ‘rediscovered’ after an expedition up river and through swamps in the Republic of the Congo

Daily Mirror

Boy, 4, survives for six days on own in wilderness after wandering 11 miles from home

The unnamed boy somehow managed to wander over 11 miles from his home in Asa, which is close to the edge of the Tsavo East wildlife preserve in Kenya

The Guardian - UK

Puffin nesting sites in western Europe could be lost by end of century

Experts create guide to help save seabirds from bleak future caused by global heating

The Independent UK

Paralysed humpback whale spotted off Hawaii deteriorating slowly as it swims

Humpback whale Moon reduced to ‘basically doing equivalent of a breast stroke’ with its pectoral fins

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