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Urgent warning to visitors after bird flu outbreak confirmed at Salford Quays

“This is very sad news but the UK is currently facing its largest ever outbreak of avian flu"

Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2023

‘Toadzilla’ captured in Australia, possibly a record specimen

Rangers in Australia’s Conway National Park this week captured a cane toad that weighed nearly 6 pounds, making it possibly the largest on record.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 20, 2023

How do you vaccinate a honeybee? 6 questions answered about a new tool for protecting pollinators

Honeybees, which pollinate one-third of the crops Americans eat, face many threats, including infectious diseases. On Jan. 4, 2023, a Georgia biotechnology company called Dalan Animal Health announced that it had received a conditional license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a vaccine designed to protect honeybees against American…

The Conversation · Jan 20, 2023

Slow down to save South Bristol's surprising new otter population, drivers told

Otters were only discovered in South Bristol a year ago but now two have been killed on the same main road

Bristol Post · Jan 20, 2023

NSW beekeepers welcome varroa mite border reopening for blue zones as agriculture minister warns against complacency

Australian states and territories are expected to revoke a ban on New South Wales bees and hives in the coming weeks.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2023

‘We dubbed it Toadzilla’: giant cane toad believed to be the largest of its species found in Australia

The animal weighed in at a possible new world record of 2.7kg and was discovered by park rangers on a walk in Queensland

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2023

Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images

Colony of about 500 birds seen in remote region where they face existential threat due to global heating

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

Group seeks reintroduction of sea otters along West Coast

A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat

Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian company for a lithium mine in Nevada, federal land managers cited the developer for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered wildflower

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Much of NSW declared free of varroa mite

States and territories have agreed to reopen their borders to bees and hives from most of NSW, but remain concerned over patches of invasive varroa mite.

AAP · Jan 19, 2023