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‘Many of our animals use the productive continental shelf waters around the Outer Banks, NC as a spring staging area before making their migration north,’ nonprofit says

When it was introduced to Europe in the mid-19th century as an ornamental plant, Japanese knotweed, known as Reynoutria japonica var japonica, quickly went rogue. Despite not being native to the British Isles, it was able to rapidly form self-sustaining colonies in the wild.

It’s spring in England. The daffodils are in full bloom. A queen yellowjacket (Vespula) wasp emerges from your loft, dopey with hibernation and hungry for nectar. She starts to build a paper nest in which to raise a family. It will be a large family. But for now, she works…

The bird was ringed in Lohwinnoch less than a year ago.

Twitchers have travelled from far and wide to see the African bird

I haven’t eaten octopus in years, yet being smart shouldn’t make them exceptions. All animals need protection from unnecessary suffering, says journalist Elle Hunt

For a crayfish in the Florida Everglades, its worst nightmare is three feet long, dark brown and pure muscle, with a mouth like a vacuum that sucks up nearly everything it can find — tiny fish, small shellfish, turtle eggs and frogs.

State officials were supposed to take a conservative approach to approving salmon fishing season this year — and they did.

The bodies of four furry swimmers tested positive for a strain of toxoplasmosis first seen in mountain lions

What if we told you the world has forests harbouring creatures with three hearts and where the canopy can grow by a foot a day? What if we told you it was silently disappearing? What if we told you we now have the chance to bring it back?

NSW water authorities continue to deal with low oxygen levels in the Darling-Baaka River at Menindee, as testing shows up potentially toxic algae.