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Tourists have been warned that it is 'absolute lunacy' to stand too close to crocodiles at a notorious river crossing in Australia where people been attacked and killed before

French environmentalists will try to move a dangerously thin beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater river basin to try and save its life

Conservation plant hunters have discovered four new species of mini orchids in a Colombian nature reserve.

The whale has been stranded in the River Seine for almost a week

A beluga whale which strayed into the River Seine, far from its usual habitat of arctic or subarctic waters, will be moved to a saltwater river basin close to the sea on Tuesday, marine conservation group Sea Shepherd France said.

Precise cause of the deaths of hundreds of fish first detected last week is unknown, with preliminary analysis suggesting oxygen deprivation

Bangor Marina, County Down: The local community has really fallen for these enchanting birds, and I can see why

The birds no longer sing

THERE is a growing appetite amongst the Scottish public to help nature, according to a charity which has just concluded a three-year skills…

Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonisation, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells and pushed oyster and mussel reefs almost to extinction. Because the damage was done early – and…

The teenager was out fishing with his schoolfriends when the reptile launched out of the water and dragged him under, with his savaged body found several days later by rescuers