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‘Remarkable’ insect discovery by Scottish univeristy could benefit modern surgery

A “remarkable” discovery about a wasp-like insect’s mechanism for cutting into plants could have implications for modern surgery, scientists…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2025

As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2025

Going extinct ‘right under our noses’: the quiet plight of Australia’s rarest bird of prey

Restricted now to the tropical north, the mysterious red goshawk is fast disappearing as a result of climate change and habitat loss

The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2025

‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion

BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2025

Why Africa's oceans bear brunt of planet's environmental crisis

The world's oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union's Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The EU Copernicus programme warns that Africa's coasts, buffeted by marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, are especially vulnerable.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 4, 2025

Australia’s magpie swooping season returns with a vengeance – and cyclists are their main targets

Statistics for the 2025 breeding season show almost two in three attacks are on cyclists. But there are measures to avoid their wrath

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2025

Creepy fuzzy caterpillars are back in Florida. Here’s why they are so dangerous

The caterpillars are hard to spot, measuring close to an inch and easily blending into trees

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

Dame Jane Goodall obituary

Pioneering scientist whose breakthrough studies of chimpanzees changed how the animals were perceived and led to greater protection

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Scientists to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in nitrogen

If successful, method could be used to support long-term conservation of species vulnerable to extinction

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas

Experts are finding new and more humane ways to protect the last 74 southern resident killer whales

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025