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NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue

Forestry Corporation says suggestion that it can be compared to a criminal bikie gang is ‘ridiculous’

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2025

The hidden underwater eden of ‘California’s Galapagos’, where seals and grizzly bear-sized bass reign

On the remote Channel Islands, a draw for researchers and divers, preservation has transformed the ecosystem

The Guardian - US · May 10, 2025

Hundreds of marine species suffocate in toxic algae

In what has been described as a "'horror movie for fish", hundreds of species off the Australian coast have been killed by deadly algae in just two months.

AAP · May 10, 2025

Safari park welcomes two newly hatched penguin chicks

The unnamed chicks are being cared for by their parents and park keepers.

Evening Standard · May 8, 2025

‘Astonishing journeys’: online tool tracking migratory animals highlights challenge of protecting them

The University of Queensland system is intended to give policymakers idea of how species traverse the oceans and what it will take to save them

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2025

Country diary: In praise of the ‘low-value’ sycamore tree

Weardale, North Pennines: This one is showing its worth, teeming with aphids, ready to kickstart a vast and far-reaching food web

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2025

Scorpions ‘taking over’ Brazilian cities with reported stings rising 155%

Fast and unplanned growth of cities providing ideal conditions for the creatures to thrive, say researchers

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2025

Rare New Zealand snail filmed laying egg via its neck for first time

Mount Augustus snail, among largest in world, can live for decades and eats slugs and earthworms

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2025

Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in rewilding project

First stage of initiative will introduce ‘keystone’ species to beaver enclosures in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

Starlings form ‘friendships’ to help each other with breeding, study finds

Superb starlings seen to build reciprocal relations in which they return favours when a ‘helper’ has offspring of its own

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025