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An 11-foot long, 1,200 pound shark is being monitored off the Florida coast as thousands of young Americans head to the state’s coastlines for spring break.

Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form peaks that teem with penguins and other bird species, some of them…

New innovations can spread like social media memes through insect colonies as bumblebees learn to solve problems.

Tropical forests are often referred to as the “lungs of the world”, describing the way their trees exchange gases with the atmosphere. By “breathing in” carbon dioxide and “breathing out” oxygen during photosynthesis, tropical forests remove about 15% of man-made carbon emissions and help to slow climate change.

The tiny burrowing owl had ‘nothing to claim in customs’

WHEN’S the last time you saw an eco-activist throw tomato soup at a painting in the Tate Gallery to make a point about meadowsweet? Or lie down in front of traffic to draw public attention to the plight of the harebell?

Two endangered entities — marine life and multilateralism — got a big weekend boost when the United Nations announced a significant new treaty to better protect ocean biodiversity.

Non-native species are now more numerous in wild – with implications for native insects

Though gulls can be hard to tell apart, the great black-backed gull is rarely mistaken for anything else