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Bolsonaro under investigation for ‘harassing’ humpback whale

Man resembling Brazilian ex-president seemingly spotted on a jetski about 15 metres from distressed mammal

The Guardian - UK

'Forever contaminant' road salts pose an icy dilemma: Do we protect drivers or our fresh water?

As winter approaches, many communities in Canada and around the world arm themselves against icy roads and sidewalks with a time-honoured ally: road salt. For decades, applying road salt has been regarded as a simple but vital tool in countering the dangers of slippery road conditions, but the downsides of…

The Conversation

This Ancient European Diet May Have Been Key To Longevity — Should We Bring it Back?

Seaweed isn’t something that generally features today in European recipe books, even though it is widely eaten in Asia.

Inverse

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Social media helping to protect biodiversity: Study

Nature photographers using social media to post their work are helping enhance biodiversity conservation mapping in South Asia and the concept has the potential to spread globally. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Australian animal fears as bird flu hits the Antarctic

Australia is preparing for a bird flu onslaught that could do untold harm to native species, as scientists wait to see what will happen in Antarctica.

AAP

Shrinking mudflat ecosystem of Kerala’s Kadalundi keeps shorebirds away

Mangroves and sandbanks threaten Kadalundi's mudflats, a key foraging ground for migrant shorebirds. Mudflats have reduced from 8 hectares to 1, depriving birds of prey. Ecotourism is being promoted, but mangroves are aggressively proliferating, reducing prey and carbon sequestration. Shorebirds are now seeking alternative foraging grounds. Protection and restoration of…

The Hindu

Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving

Far off the Texas coast there is a beautiful surprise in the Gulf of Mexico that draws divers from around the world: a stunning amount of coral coverage on undersea mountains

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What makes clouds form and why do hyenas laugh? 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

The Guardian - UK

Elephants may have names for each other

Scientists used AI to find the first non-human animals to name each other

Salon

How do you get rid of a beached whale before it explodes?

As the number of whale carcasses washing up on the UK coast grows each year, officials often face a large dilemma

The Guardian - UK

It’s one of Europe’s last pristine rivers. Can scientists save it from 50 dams?

The Neretva, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is one of the most biodiverse rivers on the continent – supporting bears, wolves, lynx and many rare species – but more than 50 planned dams could permanently transform the ecosystem

The Guardian - UK

New species of small life forms recorded from northeast

Festive season of zoological finds in India's northeast: 11 emperor moths, new frog, 2 snails, 19 scarab beetles, & bent-toed gecko recorded. Moths named after moons on wings, frog after streams, snails after Himalayas & gecko after Vairengte area.

The Hindu

5 things we need to see in Australia's new nature laws

Australia’s abysmal rates of extinctions and land clearing since European colonisation are infamous globally. Our national environmental legislation has largely failed to protect biodiversity, including many threatened plants, animals and ecological communities. But change is afoot.

The Conversation

Big cats eat more monkeys in a damaged tropical forest – and this could threaten their survival

Monkeys are not usually a popular menu item for big cats. Primates are, after all, hard to catch: living in the canopies of large trees and rarely coming down to the ground. Jaguar and puma have varied diets and will normally hunt the species that are most common where they…

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Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests

Iconic red cedars — known as the “Tree of Life” — and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say

The Conversation

Insects are spreading a devastating plant disease in Italy – Britain must keep it out

Since 2013, over 20 million olive trees in Italy have succumbed to a devastating plant disease. The same disease now threatens many more plant species, across several countries, with the same fate.

The Guardian - UK

More than half of UK and Ireland seabirds in decline, census finds

Species populations falling, with some decreasing due to loss of habitat and less food availability

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Gillnet fishing ban to protect Great Barrier Reef

Hundreds of fishers will be compensated after the Queensland government moved to phase out gillnet fishing on the Great Barrier Reef by 2027.

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Shelled octopus in spotlight with award-winning photo

An award-winning image of a tiny paper nautilus is part of a new exhibition of ocean photography at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.

The Independent UK

Elephants may be first non-human animals to call each other by names

Names may help closely bonded elephants coordinate with one another over long distances, scientists say

The Guardian - AU

NSW forestry agency given another stop work order after EPA identifies endangered greater glider habitat

State-owned Forestry Corporation must halt operations in parts of Flat Rock state forest, months after similar issues raised in Tallaganda

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Willing the waxwings south

West Norwood, south London: These spectacular berry lovers have made it down here before, and conditions are tantalisingly in our favour

Zenger

Expert Explains Why Butterfly Sightings In November Are ‘very Worrying’

Experts have said it's worrying to see the insects at this time of year.

The Conversation

It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there

Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and which ones are rare or just good at hiding is an essential way to understand and care for them. Until now, it’s been very labour intensive.

The Guardian - AU

How to handle Australia’s ‘plague’ of cabbage-chomping butterflies

Experts warn Melbourne and Sydney gardeners to look out for the species, commonly referred to as the cabbage moth, which has flourished this year

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