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Nature positive and 30x30 – just soundbites or the foundations of a Cop15 deal?

As participants arrive in Montreal to negotiate this decade’s targets for protecting biodiversity, two themes are getting the lion’s share of attention

The Guardian - UK

Scientists finally crack mystery behind Namibia’s strange fairy circles

Study rules out termites as potential cause of these strange patterns

The Independent UK

Mount Ballow mountain frog faces extinction despite living in World Heritage rainforest

Like the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say the mountain frog's ecosystem is in a precarious position which could lead to a World Heritage "In Danger" classification.

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Insects captured by Australian school students could help scientists uncover new species

School students from across Australia have collected hundreds of insects for scientists as part of a quest to discover new species — and if one is found, they'll get the honour of naming it.

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Regent honeyeaters released in the Hunter Valley as efforts to save species continue

There are only 250 to 350 regent honeyeaters left in the wild. With numbers so low, conservationists are finding new ways to teach young birds their unique love song.

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Antarctica is changing, and wildlife and weeds could be on the way

Between now and the end of the century, thousands of square kilometres of permanently ice-free habitat is going to spread out across Antarctica, unlocking new habitats for natives and pests.

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Beware of 'Shark Week': Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male 'experts' named Mike

The Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week is the longest-running cable television series in history, filling screens with sharky content every summer since 1988. It causes one of the largest temporary increases in U.S. viewers’ attention to any science or conservation topic.

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10lb sea bass caught in Channelsea river in London is testament to water clean-up

A 10LB sea bass has been found in a London river in what experts attribute to efforts to clean-up the capital’s waterways.

Evening Standard

Discovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal?

A submersible off the coast of Western Australia chanced upon a 45-metre-long deep-sea siphonophore arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly tentacles

The Guardian - UK

'Bats have greater vocal range than Mariah Carey and Prince,' study reports

They are also found to 'growl like death metal singers'

Wales Online

Historical fish collection sheds light on Aboriginal fishing methods

This 180-year-old fish is among the first Australian fish of its kind ever to be known to western science, and a refresh of its nomenclature to reflect its Aboriginal name at both the Natural History Museum in London and the National Museum in Scotland will recognise the contribution of traditional…

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Bats growl like death metal singers and scientists finally know why

A study from the University of Southern Denmark found the anatomical structures that help bats create a range of sounds.

Inverse

Bats are the death metal singers of the animal world, research shows

Mammals can produce sound from ventricular folds, used by humans only for Tuvan throat singing and ‘death metal grunting’

The Guardian - UK

‘Bats have greater range than Mariah Carey and growl like death metal singers’

The animals can produce a range of frequencies, also known as the vocal range, that far exceeds vertebrates including humans, researchers say.

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Extinction Rebellion protesters blast council inaction at gathering outside Viewforth HQ

The local authority was slammed for a "disgraceful" lack of action on an emergency plan backed in 2019.

Liverpool Echo

Habitat surveys needed before work can progress on major city housing site

Stonebridge Cross has been under Liverpool Council ownership for almost nine years

The Conversation

White butterflies are filling Johannesburg's skies earlier than usual. Climate change is to blame

Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa’s Gauteng province, including the city of Johannesburg, fill with small white butterflies. Some land in people’s gardens, allowing a closer look at the thin brown markings on their wings. Those markings give the butterflies their name:…

The Independent UK

US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered

The Biden administration is designating the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species

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Is China ready to lead on protecting nature? At the upcoming UN biodiversity conference, it will preside and set the tone

As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth’s other crisis: loss of living species.

Daily Mirror

Professional diver reveals ocean creature people should fear most - and it's not sharks

Experienced diver Kayleigh Grant, from Hawaii, has spent years swimming with sharks and says they're quite shy and not the man eating monsters we might think they are

The Guardian - AU

Great Barrier Reef flagged as ‘in danger’ world heritage site. What does this mean?

Scientists have made recommendation for the reef. So what did their report say, how might the government respond and what happens next?

Reuters

Great Barrier Reef should be put on 'in danger' list, UN panel says

Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is "in danger", a UN panel recommended on Tuesday, saying the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.

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Mussels are disappearing from the Thames and growing smaller – and it's partly because the river is cleaner

Freshwater ecosystems, including rivers, are home to 10% of all known animal species. Yet at the same time, they are losing their species diversity faster than any other ecosystem type globally. Because species of animals respond to different threats in various ways, it makes it difficult to assess the health…

Evening Standard

Mussel numbers in the Thames drop by 95 per cent

The study also found that mussel size had decreased since the 1960s.

The Guardian - AU

Great Barrier Reef should be placed on world heritage ‘in danger’ list, UN-backed report says

Experts from Unesco and IUCN find climate change threatens reef’s values and work to improve water quality is too slow

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