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‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years

Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2025

Country diary: Lapwings are birds of my childhood – finally they have returned

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: I have memories of seeing them at night, on our pyjama-clad safaris round the farm, but they haven’t been here for a decade

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2025

How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists?

Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2025

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study

Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Red squirrels expand across Highlands after 10-year reintroduction drive

Rewilding charity helps bolster Scottish stronghold of species that once came close to extinction in UK

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

A brown pelican 'feeding frenzy' is an encouraging sign for the often-struggling large seabirds

On a jagged coastline in Central California, brown pelicans take flight to feed on a vast school of fish just offshore

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

‘Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’

The country is the world’s second-largest producer of the popular fish, and the biggest supplier to the US, but its farms are beset by accusations of dangerous labour conditions, antibiotic overuse and ecological harm

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025

Scientists Dropped Cameras 80 Feet Underwater—What Appeared Was a Wake-Up Call for the World

A new underwater camera study across the Eastern Tropical Pacific reveals a dramatic divide between thriving remote marine reserves and depleted coastal protected areas, offering a global wake-up call on the state of ocean conservation.

International Business Times UK · Dec 2, 2025

Sea snakes keep washing up on Australia’s shores and scientists are unsure why

Researchers urge public not to handle stranded sea snakes as they are highly venomous

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025

Get shucking: South Australians urged to eat oysters and donate shells for reef restoration project

Shrimp soundtrack will be played underwater to lure baby oysters in program aimed at fighting algal blooms

The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2025