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Iconic Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show celebrates 40 years of showcasing unique flora

In 1982 the WA town of Ravensthorpe hosted a wildflower show to highlight the region's unique biodiversity. Forty years later it boasts more than 700 wildflower species bringing in visitors from across Australia

ABC News · Sep 17, 2022

Zimbabwe to remove all its rhinos’ horns to deter poaching

Zimbabwe has started removing the horns of its entire rhino population to deter poaching.

Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022

Spider project aiming to find 100 species

Queensland Museum Network arachnologist Dr Jeremy Wilson has embarked upon an ambitious plan to describe over 100 new species of spider over three years.

AAP · Sep 16, 2022

Modi to reintroduce cheetahs to India after extinction in 1950s

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his birthday by releasing Namibian cheetahs into the wild in central India to burnish his conservationist credentials over an animal made extinct by colonial hunters and shrinking grasslands.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

Rare deep-sea shark found in Australia branded ‘stuff of nightmares’

Experts believe mystery creature may be of endeavour dog fish species

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

UK braced for daddy long legs invasion over the next two weeks

There could be a record number of the bugs this autumn

Liverpool Echo · Sep 16, 2022

Reborn from the ashes: The revival of Mozambique's Gorongosa Park

In Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, wildlife that had virtually disappeared in the 1990s has returned. After years of civil war, lions now live in peace alongside gazelles and elephants. Today, scientists come from far and wide to observe hundreds of species in this open-air laboratory. Our France 2 colleagues report,…

France 24 · Sep 16, 2022

Visitors caring for 'dumped pets' living in park

The unusual ducks cannot fly and have been spotted with wild ducks in a Merseyside park

Liverpool Echo · Sep 16, 2022

‘Aural tattoos’: sperm whales use sounds to signal social identity, say scientists

Research says clicks emitted from whales’ heads are symbolic marking like human social expression

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022

'Penguin' found at Govan Shipyard as mystery bird ruffles feathers in Glasgow

Workers at BAE Systems were unloading a barge when they discovered the feathered stowaway - and set about asking animal experts how a 'penguin' could end up in Govan.

Glasgow Live · Sep 16, 2022