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Bird flu kills dozens of elephant seal pups at California state park

About 30 seals had died as of Thursday, nearly all of them weaned pups, amid the rise of avian influenza

The Guardian - US · Feb 26

Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Caribou found eating own body part to survive after epic Arctic migration: ‘My jaw dropped’

Researchers say female reindeer rely on antlers as ‘mineral reservoir’ after 1,500-mile round-trip migration

The Independent UK · Feb 26

World’s only flightless parrot could be saved from extinction after unusual mating boom

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to save the kakapo parrot from disappearing

The Independent UK · Feb 23

How an annual ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 virgin queens is ensuring the revival of Europe’s dark bee

The Belgian ceremony attracts beekeepers from the Netherlands, France and Germany keen to boost dark bee numbers and stop the spread of the hybrid honeybee

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23

Marine life recorded 3,800 metres deep on Titanic in the North Atlantic

More than a century after it sank, the RMS Titanic continues to change in ways that are not only structural but also biological. A new survey of the wreck and a nearby deep-sea ridge has documented the animals now living across its steel surfaces at a depth of about 3,800…

The Times of India · Feb 23

Rising temperatures in Europe open door to spread of chikungunya virus

Chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne disease once mostly confined to tropical regions, could now be transmitted across large parts of Europe as rising temperatures caused by climate change allow the virus to survive in more places for longer periods, researchers warn.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 22

Galápagos park releases 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises on Floreana to restore the ecosystem

Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile hybrids to restore the ecosystem

The Independent UK · Feb 20

Floreana giant tortoise reintroduced to Galápagos island after almost 200 years

Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20

Could one of Europe's most important wetlands really vanish? Satellites show it may happen in our lifetime

New satellite imagery reveals that Doñana National Park, one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is shrinking so rapidly that it could disappear within a human lifetime.

Space · Feb 20