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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.

The Denver Post · 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.

Tribune News Service · 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

Edinburgh Live · Sep 14, 2022

Fungal outbreak threatens tricolored bat with extinction

U.S. officials are proposing to list the tricolored bat as endangered

The Independent UK · 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.

The Conversation · 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.

Pedestrian.tv · 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.

ABC News · Sep 13, 2022

Gateshead residents worried as wildlife-rich pond dries up

Durham Wildlife Trust, which managers the pond, says that the main cause of the pond being dry is a lack of rainfall, though a sluice gate had been "altered by a third party"

Chronicle Live · Sep 13, 2022

Dozens of birds falling dead out of the sky sparking fears of new disease

Dead gannets have been found on beaches and harbours around Ireland, with an expert calling for "urgent action" on the "awful" situation posing a real biosecurity threat

Daily Mirror · Sep 13, 2022

Country diary: September means a new start for young adults – and new dangers

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Like our own fledglings, young barn owls are striking out on their own, with mixed success

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022