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Sharks spotted 'walking' on sea floor as underwater cameras reveal fascinating behaviour

A study carried out by the University of Exeter and NGO Beneath the Waves reveals an impressive range of skills nurse sharks use when eating, including 'pectoral positioning'

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COP15: three visions for protecting nature on the table at the UN biodiversity conference

With the dust still settling on the UN climate change summit in Egypt, another round of international talks is beginning in Montreal, Canada. The UN biodiversity conference, otherwise known as COP15, will assemble world leaders to agree on new targets for protecting nature.

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Scientists create Biodiversity Council in desperate bid to help save Australia’s threatened animals and plants

Modelled on the Climate Council, the body says it will be a ‘strong and trusted voice’ backed by science including First People’s knowledge

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RSPB NI call for legally binding nature targets following biodiversity opinion poll

"They [DAERA] don’t have a Biodiversity Strategy which was supposed to be delivered in 2020 and the last one failed on the majority of its targets"

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U.N. chief urges strong global nature deal to end 'orgy of destruction'

As countries prepare to negotiate a new global agreement to protect Earth's environment, the head of the United Nations warned there was no time to lose.

Reuters

Damning report on Scotland's protected nature areas reveals overall decline

Around 18% of land is legally protected for nature but in many areas the measures are not working, a hard-hitting environmental report found.

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Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them

While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now.

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Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss

At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations aim to create a new global framework for transforming humanity’s relationship with nature. The conference logo features a human reaching to embrace a panda – but from an ecological perspective, a weasel or badger would…

The Conversation

Mass extinctions are happening. Can they be stopped?

Scientists, conservationists and government representatives will gather this week in Montreal to decide on a plan to stop a stunning loss of plant and animal life around the globe. The United Nations' COP15 — a conference on biological diversity — offers a rare chance for countries to set mutual commitments…

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2,500 seals found dead along Russian coastline

The animals had likely died of natural causes a couple of weeks ago, officials said

Evening Standard

Long lost Tassie tiger found at museum

Researchers have realised the long-lost remains of the last-known thylacine have in fact been in the collection of a Tasmanian museum.

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Heron Island research shows green sea turtle gender ratios in southern Great Barrier Reef

An island where 80 per cent of turtle hatchlings are born female is more of a level playing field when it comes to breeding than researchers initially feared.

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The Guardian view on biodiversity collapse: the crisis humanity can no longer ignore

Editorial: A million animal and plant species are perilously close to extinction. Their fate and ours are intimately connected

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Barrington-Hawkesbury corridor the last line of defence against climate change

An alliance of local and national environment groups have called for a moratorium on land clearing across 810,000 hectares between Barrington Tops and Hawkesbury River.

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Abrolhos painted button-quail species threatened by predators, rainfall decline

Painted button-quails have not been spotted on one island at the Abrolhos since 2006, while very few birds are left elsewhere.

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Spoonbills rebound as UK farmers bolster tree cover and wetlands

Once common in England and Wales, the species was hunted to local extinction about 300 years ago

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Country diary: The all-conquering sea eagle suddenly seems vulnerable

Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms: Avian flu has reached our biggest bird of prey. How extra special it is to experience their startling grandeur up close

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Humpback whales captured off UK coast in incredible footage of 'rare' sightings

Wildlife experts are hoping for a 'flurry of whale sightings' in the UK over the next few months after humpback whales were spotted along the coast of Cornwall twice this week

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How do you treat a spider bite and what are the symptoms to look out for?

With temperatures rising, it’s important to know which spiders can cause problems

The Conversation

Protecting 30% of Earth's surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far

A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety of life on Earth. Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.

The Conversation

A China-backed dam in Indonesia threatens a rare great ape – and that's just the tip of the iceberg

In 2017, scientists described a new species of great apes – the Tapanuli orangutan. The species, found in the Batang Toru ecosystem of North Sumatara, Indonesia was listed as critically endangered soon after.

Tribune News Service

Great white sharks are migrating along the NC coast. A marine life expert explains why

Great white sharks typically gather along the North Carolina coast in the winter but researchers aren’t sure why it happens.

Irish Mirror

Whale found dead on Kerry beach had rusted fishing hook in its genitals and toothbrush in its stomach

Irish Whale and Dolphin Group carried out an autopsy on the adult female after a member of the public reported its stranding in Brandon Bay

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Lost and found: twitchers delight at sweet song of the black-browed babbler

Since the bird was ‘rediscovered’ by accident in Borneo in 2020, ornithologists have returned to study the melodious species last documented more than 170 years ago

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Hyenas, Wild Dogs And Cheetahs Disappearing From African Savannah

Their plight has been overlooked owing to the focus on lions, leopards and other top predators. The post Hyenas, wild dogs and cheetahs disappearing from African savannah appeared first on Talker.

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