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Large blue butterfly numbers soar in Britain

Endangered species enjoys best summer in 150 years thanks to habitat restoration scheme

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Swift parrot recovery team slams attempted government edits to downplay logging risk to species' future

Members of the swift parrot recovery team slam the Tasmanian government for attempting to downplay the risk that logging plays in the species' future, urging the Commonwealth to ignore suggested edits to a draft plan that instead emphasise sugar glider predation.

ABC News · Aug 25, 2022

White-tailed eagle chick dies from avian flu on Mull sparking fresh fears for bird's population

The chick is one of a number of white-tailed eagles to have died on the island in recent weeks.

Daily Record · Aug 25, 2022

Dolphin spotted off the coast of Merseyside beach

The mammals are not a common sight along the Sefton coast

Liverpool Echo · Aug 24, 2022

The pair were looking for mahi mahi — but instead found a great white shark

Don Gates has spent decades on the water in the Florida Keys angling for the variety of fresh fish that call the clear blue waters off the archipelago home.

Miami Herald · Aug 24, 2022

‘You can’t control what beavers do or how they do it!’ Could rewilding help England fight droughts?

To their admirers, beavers and their dams can help humans hang on to water when it’s scarce, and prevent flooding when it’s not. Others worry that they spell disaster for farmers. We weigh up the evidence from one lush valley in Devon

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022

Elephant rips handler in half after heavy workload in extreme heat ‘drives it crazy’

Male elephant Pom Pam killed handler Supachai Wongfaed, 32, at a rubberwood plantation in Thailand's Phang Nga province, with police saying the animal went "crazy" in the heat

Daily Mirror · Aug 24, 2022

Seven humane tips to remove spiders from your home without killing them

Spider mating season is starting, so expect to see more and more arachnids in your home - but you can try these tips to keep them away

Chronicle Live · Aug 24, 2022

Scuba diver reveals how to prevent shark attack in heart-stopping footage

In the video a diver can be seen calmly facing the shark to show she's not prey and then reaching out to grab the massive creature by the nose

Daily Mirror · Aug 24, 2022

Commentary: The parallel struggles of human and monarch migration

In July, the monarch butterfly was added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to its red list of threatened species, a recognition that the insect’s continuing decline could lead to extinction. Though the monarch population increased 35% from December 2020 to December 2021, its numbers overall have been…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 24, 2022