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Plants that evolved in Florida over millennia now face extinction and lack protection

Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, according to a recent study I published with colleagues.

The Conversation

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans

As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive

The Guardian - UK

Algerians Campaign To Save Treasured Songbird From Hunters

With its vivid plumage and sweet trill, the goldfinch has long been revered in Algeria, but the national obsession has also driven illegal hunting, prompting calls to protect the songbird.

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Chefs and home cooks send trout sales leaping amid farmed salmon fears

UK diners are increasingly turning to the versatile, nutritious fish

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Somewhere around this glorious loch, beavers are at work

Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms: Reintroduced here after local extinction for 400 years, 10 pairs are settling in well – at least two even have kits

The Guardian - UK

As police search for the body of shark victim Lance Appleby, just how fearful should Australians be?

Experts say long term trend towards more shark attacks is partly because of population growth, and that the risk remains low

The Guardian - AU

Breeding Success: London Zoo Counts Its Animals One-by-one

With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated stocktake.

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OPINION - The secret science behind a simple count: why we do the London Zoo stocktake

Five Asiatic lions, seven western lowland gorillas, three reticulated giraffes, 53 Darwin’s frogs, 65 Humboldt penguins…it’s been a busy day at London Zoo as our zookeepers have begun the mammoth task of counting every animal for our annual stocktake, a headcount of every animal in our care.

Evening Standard

London Zoo begins annual stock take with over 10,000 animals to count

Armed with calculators and clipboards, zookeepers entered every enclosure this week to fulfil a licensing requirement by tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate

Evening Standard

Grieving killer whale who carried calf’s body spotted again with dead baby

Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing population

The Guardian - US

Grieving mother orca whale carries dead baby — again

Tahlequah had carried her other dead female calf for more than two weeks seven years ago

The Independent UK

An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf

The Independent UK

Monarch butterflies are in decline in NZ and Australia – they need your help to track where they gather

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australiasia. Could this be a consequence of global change, including climate change, the intensification of agriculture, and urbanisation?

The Conversation

Giant shark said to be OK after release – why some are skeptical

Image shows a "very large" thresher shark that looks to have seen its last days, but scientists assure that the opposite is true.

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Why we need to transform the Arctic Ocean into a North Pole marine reserve

At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive.

Dynamite News

Country's first-ever 'Coastline-Waders Bird Census' in Jamnagar from Jan 3

Jamnagar, often regarded as a paradise for coastal birds, will host this significant event focusing on counting wader and coastal bird species. Read further on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

Sea Life counts more than 30,000 aquatic creatures in annual stocktake

More than 30,000 creatures were involved in the count including terrapins, gentoo penguins and sea otters.

The Guardian - AU

Hard to swallow: can Australians be convinced to eat our invasive species?

New ABC show Eat the Invaders sees Tony Armstrong team up with artist Kirsha Kaechele to see if they can make carp, feral cat and even cane toads palatable

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Australia’s flying foxes are ‘curious, gentle and intelligent’ – and often misunderstood

Endangered spectacled flying foxes and vulnerable grey-headed flying foxes are ‘astonishing’ animals but misinformation is rife

The Guardian - UK

Live ones go in paper bags, dead ones in the freezer: the volunteers saving birds that fly into windows

Across Toronto, a team sets out at dawn to rescue migrating birds that have collided with buildings, and keep a record of the thousands each year that don’t make it

The Guardian - US

Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests

State’s beloved but under-pressure sea cows were barely recorded in the area before seas warmed in the late 1700s

Dynamite News

Nahargarh Park in Jaipur takes initiative to protect wildlife from cold

Special arrangements have been made in Nahargarh Biological Park to protect wildlife from the cold, heaters have been installed in enclosures, and changes have been made in the diet. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Fate of endangered monkey hinges on Brazilian city’s planning policy

Pied tamarin has narrow range and is found only around borders of Manaus in the Amazon rainforest

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Our new year resolution? Be like the dunnock

Witton-le-Wear, County Durham: A chance encounter with this fine, unobtrusive bird reminds us that there is wisdom in stillness

The Guardian - UK

Phew, turtle doves: ban on annual shoot raises hopes for endangered bird

Western European population has risen 25% with ban and some UK sites have seen promising increases

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