September gales bring seabirds to Britain’s shores Change in weather is opportunity for keen birders to see species that rarely venture close to land The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022
Country diary: A meat-eater among the moss Blackdown Hills, Somerset-Devon border: We’re slurping through the bog, in search of a jewelled carnivore with a sunny name The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022
The key to getting through swooping season scratch-free? Be prepared The ACT has recorded 130 magpie swooping incidents so far this year with the majority of injuries sustained by cyclists. The Canberra Times · Sep 15, 2022
Spotting whales close to the city Despite the Meteorological Department's warning last week that Thailand, the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand would be hit by severe rains, my travel companions and I decided to continue a long-awaited Bryde's whale-watching trip to Samut Sakhon. Bangkok Post · Sep 14, 2022
What caused the world's largest die-off of mangroves? A wobble in the Moon's orbit is partly to blame Over the summer of 2015, 40 million mangroves died of thirst. This vast die-off – the world’s largest ever recorded – killed off rich mangrove forests along fully 1,000 kilometres of coastline on Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. The Conversation · Sep 14, 2022
Eyes Up! The Bats of Bayou City Meet Diana Foss, the wildlife expert who cultivates love for the 300,000 bats of Houston's Waugh Drive Bridge. Texas Observer · Sep 14, 2022
Four ‘effective’ deterrents to stop spiders occupying your home ‘permanently’ From decluttering the home to making natural repellent remedies, pest control experts have shared their most useful methods to get rid of spiders in the house Daily Mirror · Sep 14, 2022
Watch: Red-footed booby grabs spotlight on whale-watching boat Whale watchers in California’s Monterey Bay on Tuesday happily made way for a red-footed booby as the seabird landed on the rail as if to become just another passenger. USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 14, 2022
How to stop spiders from coming into cars as drivers could be fined £2,500 Careless driving can lead to a hefty fine and dangerous consequences. Daily Record · Sep 14, 2022
Know the 8 Namibian cheetahs PM Modi will release into Kuno National Park According to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, the five female cheetahs are aged between two years and five years and the male cheetahs are aged between 4.5 years and 5.5 years The Hindu · Sep 14, 2022
Biggest ever nest of Asian hornets found on ground survive 28 HOURS in a freezer Beekeepers are being given special training to 'hold the front line' and prevent a full scale invasion of the dangerous hornets into Britain after a nest containing 1,600 of the insects was found Daily Mirror · Sep 14, 2022
Polar bear shot 30 times will never walk again and drags itself around on front paws A Moscow zoo is looking after a polar bear left half-paralysed when it was shot over 30 times. 'Dikson' has a "great appetite" but may never walk again after being airlifted out of his home when found injured Daily Mirror · Sep 14, 2022
Largest nest of Asian Hornets in UK found at insect's HQ Discovery added to a record number of nests that have already been found this year Wales Online · Sep 14, 2022
Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022 Results vary for teal and goose hunters as waterfowl season opens At age 13, Jackson Davis of Owatonna is a seasoned duck hunter.
The Denver Post · Sep 14, 2022 Bug apocalypse? Inside a Colorado-based campaign to save insects from extinction — and avert ecological collapse. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — At a high alpine lake here, researchers with clipboards and pens are conducting painstaking surveys that may be essential for saving butterflies and other insects from extinction.
Edinburgh Live · Sep 14, 2022 Huge rats as big as rabbits set to invade Scottish homes 'within weeks' The animals have flourished through feeding and breeding and will be seeking refuge as temperatures fall - here's how to keep them away
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022 ‘We are not going away’: the volunteers fighting back against England’s polluted rivers Determined fishers are testing their stretches of river for pollution as citizen scientists take on the water companies
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022 Birdwatch: little grebes reach for their muted winter wardrobe Tiny waterbirds that hardly ever come to land are moulting now that breeding season is over
Dublin Live · Sep 14, 2022 Avian flu warning as at least nine birds found dead on Dublin beach It's the latest of a number of mass deaths of birds across Ireland
ABC News · Sep 14, 2022 Huge sections of Ningaloo coast's famed Coral Bay reef 'dead' after spawning event Experts say a spawning event in March that killed thousands of fish has left the Gascoyne town's famous coral reefs pale and lifeless.
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022 Fungal outbreak threatens tricolored bat with extinction U.S. officials are proposing to list the tricolored bat as endangered
The Conversation · Sep 13, 2022 A dam built in the Amazon created thousands of 'forest islands' but they are too small to sustain most species Built in the 1980s, the Balbina Dam is one of dozens of large dams across rivers in the Amazon Basin. Such dams might leave behind seemingly green patches of forest, but our new research has shown these disconnected patches of forest are no longer able to support thriving ecosystems.
Pedestrian.tv · Sep 13, 2022 Sydneysiders And Cockatoos Can’t Stop Fighting Over Wheelie Bins Get Them On Dr Phil, I Say Today I learned cockatoos are smarter than people from Sydney.
ABC News · Sep 13, 2022 Varroa mite detection in Coffs Harbour prompts mass beehive euthanasia in eradication zone All recreational and commercial beehives within an eradication zone around Coffs Harbour on NSW's north coast will be destroyed in the latest bid to contain the spread of varroa mite.