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Why are tomatoes red and how do mirrors work? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

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Gray Whales Experience Extreme Population Swings Due To Arctic Changes

Changing Arctic conditions drive boom-and-bust cycles in gray whale population, reveals new research

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Takeaways from AP's reporting on Antarctica's burgeoning krill fishery

The waters around Antarctica are emerging as a battleground between industry and activists as advances in technology and new demand for krill as a dietary supplement drive more and more fishing of the shrimp-like crustacean

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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK

Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project

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Country diary: A warning ‘nudge’ on the cheek by a hornet

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: I’m surprised the nest is so active this late in the year – still, they always demand respect

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How clouds protect coral reefs, but will not be enough to save them from us

Coral reefs are vital ecosystems for people and coastal communities. They provide food and livelihoods and protect coastlines from storms, contribute to local economies and preserve cultural heritage.

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Aerial waterfowl survey shows more ducks than usual on IRV

Josh Osborn gave an update on his aerial waterfowl survey Monday for the Illinois Natural History Survey; plus an insightful aside on transmitters on ducks.

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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future

A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops

The Independent UK

What are Chinese mitten crabs and are they dangerous? Species spotted in Peterborough

Chinese mitten crabs are being spotted around the UK but should we be concerned?

Evening Standard

Dragonfly: The faces of wetlands in India

The Dragonfly Festival is being conducted across India by WWF India to create awareness for the conservation of these insects

The Hindu

Beavers return to west London for first time in 400 years

It is hoped the buck-toothed aquatic mammals will help turn the location into a flourishing wetland

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For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct

For generations, the Thaua people worked with killer whales to hunt large whales in the water of Twofold Bay, on the southern coast of New South Wales. Killer whales – commonly known as orcas – would herd their giant prey into shallower waters where hunters could spear them. Humans would get…

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Invasive Chinese mitten crabs spotted in the UK

The Chinese mitten crab was seen alongside waterways in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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Rare birdwing butterflies star in federal case against NY man accused of trafficking insects

Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking forfeiture of a collection of 1,000 butterflies, moths and other insects that authorities say were illegally trafficked

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Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat

One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home

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Number of nesting seabirds on Lundy island at nine-decade high

Tiny island in Bristol Channel has 25,000 Manx shearwaters – 95% of England’s breeding population – and 1,335 puffins

The Conversation

New treaty to protect the world's oceans may hurt vulnerable African fisheries

Following two decades of fierce negotiations, over 60 countries recently signed a UN Ocean Treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas.

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Sadiq Khan helps beavers return to west London for first time in 400 years

It is hoped the rodents will help turn the location into a flourishing wetland.

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Female frogs found to fake death to avoid unwanted advances from males

Nearly one-third of females in study laid motionless on their backs to get out of mating with male

Evening Standard

Family of five beavers released in Ealing in pioneering ‘rewilding’ project

A family of five beavers was released in London on Wednesday in a pioneering project to encourage the “rewilding” of the capital’s urban areas.

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Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

Most of the endangered greater glider's habitat in Queensland is not protected, a new study reveals.

The Conversation

If we protect mangroves, we protect our fisheries, our towns and ourselves

Mangroves might not look like much. Yes, they can have strange aerial roots. Yes, they’re surrounded by oozing mud.

The Guardian - UK

Female frogs appear to fake death to avoid unwanted advances, study shows

Findings shed light on European common frog’s sometimes deadly scramble for a mate

The Independent UK

UK’s oldest red kite ringed 26 years ago found in Wales

An examination of the ring on the bird’s leg found it was 9,518 days old, having been ringed as a nestling in June 1997.

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UK’s oldest red kite discovered in Wales – and then put down

An examination of the ring on the bird’s leg found it was 9,518 days old, having been ringed as a nestling in June 1997

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