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Five Great Reads: speaking to Israeli soldiers, floating in a dark pod, and the smallest things in the world

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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Scientists discover new fungus species in Thrissur

Scientists have discovered a new fungus species, Trichoglossum syamviswanathii, from Kerala. Researchers from the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Botanical Survey of India, and the University of Hyderabad are behind the discovery of the new fungus species.

The Hindu

‘It’s a bucket-list fish’: bluefin tuna are back in British seas – and so are the fishing boats

The once-endangered fish have returned in their thousands, giving hope to coastal communities and environmentalists who want to ensure it does not vanish again

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Event managers told to stay out of nature refuges

Scientists have told event managers to back off and keep their disruptive, showy events out of the nation's wildlife havens.

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Leonardo DiCaprio calls on Australia to save critically endangered swift parrot

Hollywood star tells social media followers ‘the only way to protect the swift parrot …. is to end native forest logging’

The Guardian - AU

EPA backs down on 'dangerous' new logging rules in NSW

New logging rules that had experts fearing for the survival of the endangered greater glider will be revisited by the NSW environmental watchdog.

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French Navy Enforces Fishing Ban To Protect Dolphins

"They see us, and we see them," said French Navy Lieutenant Dany, board commander of a nimble Falcon 50 surveillance plane flying over the vast Bay of Biscay.

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Country diary: Somewhere in the stillness, a bittern lurks

Y Trallwng, Powys: Patience and quietude are your friends if you are to see – or hear –one of these rebounding reed-dwellers

The Guardian - UK

Who’s the smallest of them all? Meet the world’s amazing tiniest creatures

Often overlooked in favour of larger, more charismatic cousins, we asked scientists to tell us about the smallest-known species, from a nano-chameleon to a miniature frog

The Guardian - UK

Killer whales trapped in ice off northern Japan 'manage to escape'

A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary offers a safe haven for vultures

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is becoming a major habitat for vultures, with 51 individual vultures counted in the recent survey.

The Hindu

Clear milk bottle lids a win for obsessive bowerbirds

The satin bowerbird's obsession with the colour blue can sometimes be deadly but a change in milk packaging could help save the showy bird.

AAP

Scientists Study Levels Of Toxic Mercury In Antarctic Seals, Whales

A gunshot interrupts the peaceful sleep of a leopard seal, lying nonchalantly on a small piece of ice floating in the shadow of an Antarctic glacier.

International Business Times

Concern for orcas trapped in drift ice off Hokkaido coast in Japan

Japanese media report that pod of orcas became trapped in ice close to Rausu on Shiretoko peninsula

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Country diary: The creaking song of the siskin unfurls in the cold air

Calver Weir, Derbyshire: Quite how many there are in the bare alders is hard to tell, but to hear them is pleasure enough

AAP

Glider experts left out, fearful of logging changes

Australia's leading experts on endangered greater gliders weren't consulted before logging rules were changed in NSW.

Newcastle Herald

'We don't know where they are': beautiful wetland bird mysteriously missing

Did the birds learn from the time their chicks died in 2018?

The Hindu

Mysuru belt beckons winter migratory birds in large numbers

Thousands of migratory birds gather in Mysuru and surrounding districts for their winter sojourn, with a total count of 40,435 birds.

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Asian Waterbird Census records 11,470 birds of 83 species in Kollam

The tally is from the comprehensive survey conducted, covering 13 wetlands across the district. Sixty-three birders and volunteers were part of the survey carried out on January 26 with the support of the Social Forestry Division (Kollam).

The Guardian - UK

Groundbreakers by Chantal Lyons review – the whole hog

The remarkable story of Britain’s wild boar, and their controversial resurgence

Zenger

Baleen Whales Susceptible To Ingesting Plastic Due To Their Sense Of Smell, Study Warns

Researchers discover that baleen whales may mistake plastic for food due to their olfactory capabilities.

The Guardian - UK

Cranes, UK’s tallest bird, bred in higher numbers last summer than for centuries

At least 80 pairs recorded in 2023 after species began breeding again in 1979, having disappeared from UK in 16th century

AAP

Logging changes put gliders in peril, experts warn

Greater glider ecologists say the endangered species is in deeper trouble after NSW's watchdog for nature changed the rules that apply to logging.

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The unsung groundsel has been flowering all winter

Quarryheads Lane, Durham: This patch carried with it a fungus that, under a microscope, revealed an exquisite beauty

The Guardian - AU

‘Quite a surprise’: king penguin swims thousands of kilometres to find itself on South Australian beach

The bird, usually found on subantarctic islands, believed to be undergoing annual moulting on land at Coorong beach

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