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Pallid swifts come to UK shores amid worrying changes in climate

Warm autumn has brought almost 100 to Britain, a development that is no cause for celebration

The Guardian - UK

Horrifying video shows moment huge alligator corpse is found in stomach of dead python

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: The 18-foot Burmese python had swallowed the large alligator whole and was euthanised in Florida before having its last meal cut out of it by amazed pathologists

Daily Mirror

Citizen scientists urged to count bees and flies as 60 years of research released for pollinator week

When James Wheildon set out to solve a problem on his farm, he had no idea it would end with him being known as the 'fly guy' with the bee back-up plan that needs your help.

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To stop new viruses jumping across to humans, we must protect and restore bat habitat. Here's why

Bats have lived with coronaviruses for millennia. Details are still hazy about how one of these viruses evolved into SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID in humans. Did it go directly from bats to humans or via another animal species? When? And why? If we can’t answer these questions for this now-infamous…

The Conversation

Synchrony with chaos – blinking lights of a firefly swarm embody in nature what mathematics predicted

Imagine an old-growth forest in the fading light of a summer evening. As the last of the sun’s rays disappear beneath the horizon, a tiny flash catches your eye.

The Conversation

Council replaces Christmas tree after residents complain it's 'probably the worst in England'

St Helens Borough Council accepted the spruce did “not meet our standards”

Manchester Evening News

Plantwatch: the ballistics of seed dispersal

Some plants can use water pressure, crushed chambers or heated goo to launch their payload far and wide

The Guardian - UK

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‘Paris agreement’ for nature imperative at Cop15, architects of climate deal say

Leaders say December biodiversity summit in Montreal is ‘unprecedented’ chance to turn tide on nature loss

The Guardian - UK

Bid to save rare Aussie skink from traders

Australia has gone into bat for an endangered skink that's illegally trafficked as an exotic pet, perversely because it's so rare.

AAP

COP27 climate talks seen as key to success at next month's U.N. nature summit

With the annual U.N. climate summit in its final week, many of the world's environment ministers assembled in Egypt have begun setting their sights on another high-stakes meeting for nature taking place next month.

Reuters

They're doing their best: how these 3 neighbourhood 'pests' deal with rainy days

Have you had a recent encounter with an animal you’d much rather avoid? As La Niña continues to give us rainy days, brush turkeys, bats, and cockroaches are emerging from their hide-outs.

The Conversation

Marine biologists are proposing a radical new approach to wildlife conservation

Mapping the spatial distribution and movement patterns of marine animals that are endangered or threatened is essential for defining critical habitat

Inverse

Sharks Being Wiped Out By Growing Popularity Of Sushi

Sharks are facing extinction because of incidental capture by the same fisheries

Zenger

Butterfly farming boosts biodiversity and incomes on São Tomé

Conservationists on São Tomé, a tropical island that is home to a rich diversity of plants, birds and butterflies, have launched a project to help local farmers breed butterflies to boost incomes and incentivise the protection of the island’s forests.

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The Guardian - UK

Why do butterflies have different colours on their wings? Try our kids’ quiz

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

The Guardian - UK

Lost and found: how two dead giant bees on eBay sparked the hunt to find one alive

Photographer Clay Bolt and entomologist Eli Wyman launched an expedition to find Wallace’s giant bee and ‘rediscovered’ it in Indonesia’s Maluku islands

Salon

Cowabunga! These turtles can talk

"It was a great surprise to discover they not only vocalize but also do so very often, producing very funny sounds"

Salon

The great threat emperor penguins face

Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection. Can it save them?

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Gliding treefrogs, mini-males and burrowing frogs in trees: why Melanesia is the world's tropical island frog hotspot

A chocolate treefrog that looks like a Freddo. Burrowing frogs which live in trees. Long-nosed frogs named after Pinocchio. Frogs which go straight from egg to froglet without stopping at tadpole. And large treefrogs which can glide from tree to tree.

The Conversation

Climate change means farmers in West Africa need more ways to combat pests

The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established by research and evidence.

WEKU

If bumblebees can play, does it mean they have feelings? This study suggests yes

Scientists wanted to learn whether bees, like humans and other mammals, had any interest in playing for fun's sake. They say they have evidence that bees do, and that could change how we view insects.

The Guardian - UK

Scientists discover ‘world’s largest’ seagrass forest – by strapping cameras to sharks

New study, carried out using tiger sharks in the Bahamas, extends total known global seagrass coverage by more than 40%

The Guardian - AU

Victorian state logging company failed to protect threatened gliders, court finds

Judge says VicForests’ actions posed ‘a threat of serious and irreversible harm’ to greater gliders and yellow-bellied gliders

The Conversation

A platypus can glow green and hunt prey with electricity – but it can't climb dams to find a mate

The platypus is one of Earth’s most unique creatures. It sports a duck-like bill and flippers. It locates prey in murky water by emitting an electric charge. Males have venomous spurs on their legs, and the females lay eggs. And a platypus’ fur glows blue-green under UV light!

The Conversation

Olive ridley sea turtles are constantly on the move, so protective zones should follow them

Many of the ocean’s most charismatic animals spend their lives swimming, flying or gliding thousands of miles, from the coasts to the high seas. Arctic terns, humpback whales and sea turtles are examples. Scientists have spent many years documenting and studying these magnificent journeys.

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