The Latest Breaking News on Nature

Conservationists hail US plan to ban shark fin trade

As US faces criticism at Cop15 biodiversity conference over failure to sign 30-year-old pact to protect nature, Biden poised to sign shark fin measure into law

The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2022

Famous Hollywood mountain lion P-22 is euthanised after being struck by a car

P-22 was believed to have suffered major injuries in a car accident

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

Native bees face honey trap threat

'If our stingless bees go to those dead hives and consume that poison-laced honey, they'll die.'

Newcastle Herald · Dec 17, 2022

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.

Reuters · Dec 17, 2022

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 · Dec 17, 2022

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.

ABC News · Dec 17, 2022

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.

ABC News · Dec 16, 2022

'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.

The Conversation · Dec 16, 2022

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 · Dec 16, 2022

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 · Dec 16, 2022