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Discovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal?

A submersible off the coast of Western Australia chanced upon a 45-metre-long deep-sea siphonophore arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly tentacles

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

'Bats have greater vocal range than Mariah Carey and Prince,' study reports

They are also found to 'growl like death metal singers'

Wales Online · Nov 30, 2022

Historical fish collection sheds light on Aboriginal fishing methods

This 180-year-old fish is among the first Australian fish of its kind ever to be known to western science, and a refresh of its nomenclature to reflect its Aboriginal name at both the Natural History Museum in London and the National Museum in Scotland will recognise the contribution of traditional…

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

Habitat surveys needed before work can progress on major city housing site

Stonebridge Cross has been under Liverpool Council ownership for almost nine years

Liverpool Echo · Nov 29, 2022

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:…

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

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 · Nov 29, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

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 · Nov 29, 2022

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?

The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2022

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.

Reuters · Nov 28, 2022