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Want noisy miners to be less despotic? Think twice before filling your garden with nectar-rich flowers

Noisy miners are complicated creatures. These Australian native honeyeaters live in large cooperative groups, use alarm calls to target specific predators, and sometimes help raise the young of other miners. But they’re perhaps best known for their aggressive and coordinated attacks on other birds – a behaviour known as “mobbing”.

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Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather

When we consider termites, we may think of the danger they can pose to our houses once they settle in and start eating wood. But in fact, only about 4% of termite species worldwide are considered pests that might, at some point, eat your house.

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Tasmanian whale rescue turns to disposal operation as researchers hope for clues to stranding tragedy

The whale rescue effort on Tasmania's west coast now turns to the gruesome task of disposing of the animals which could not be saved — and, unlike two years ago, the bodies won't be left to decompose where they lay.

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Saving whales beached near Strahan helping rescuers through an emotionally taxing effort

Saving the whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast is emotionally taxing work, but helping even a few has kept the team pushing through, rescuers say.

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Heads up for waterfowl hunters: Be aware of avian flu and proper precautions during hunting seasons

Avian flu is expected to spike again and Illinois is the latest Lake Michigan state to advice waterfowl hunters on what to notice and precautions for the upcoming seasons.

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Study sheds light on why whales do not get brain damage when they swim

Scientists suggest special blood vessels in the animals’ brains may protect them from pulses in their blood that would damage the brain.

The Independent UK

Whales stranded for second time in Tassie

A number of beached pilot whales have become stranded for the second time in a week, as rescuers attempt to free the last three surviving animals.

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Whale strandings: what happens after they die and how do authorities safely dispose of them?

Carcasses can explode if left to decompose on land and should be towed back to sea ‘where they belong’, experts say

The Guardian - AU

Songbirds with unique colours are more likely to be traded as pets – new research

People like beautiful things. This comes as no surprise: beauty underpins highly profitable businesses, from cosmetics and art to the illegal wildlife trade, which reaps up to US$23 billion (£20 billion) annually according to some estimates.

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Aquatic ecosystem choked as pollutants flow into Bengaluru lakes

Entry of sewage water and industrial effluents identified as root causes

The Hindu

"Complete mystery": Experts baffled by back-to-back strandings killing hundreds of whales

Experts say there are a few common theories for why these mass whale strandings keep happening.

Axios

Canadian residents asked to remove all fruit trees from gardens

“The continuous presence of bears ... in residential yards just metres from people, is an unacceptable safety risk for visitors and residents”

The Independent UK

Almost two dozen kittens born in project to save ‘Highland tiger’

A CONSERVATION project is celebrating a successful first breeding season with the birth of 22 wildcat kittens.

The National (Scotland)

Terror as 'Godzilla' lizard tries to break into family home through window

Frank Crowder found a huge monitor lizard scratching as the outer screen of his front porch window at his home in Apopka, Florida, before a clip was shared on Facebook

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Don't miss this week's Courier for your chance to win Blair Drummond tickets

You could see some of the park's lesser-known animals, like the .Guinea fowl

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‘Devastating’ whale deaths remain a mystery for scientists

Experts are struggling to understand a deadly phenomenon, as hundreds of whales meet their deaths on Australian shores

Daily Record

Pick up this week's West Lothian Courier for your chance to win tickets to Blair Drummond Safari Park

You could meet Kevin the hooded vulture!

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Hundreds of whales wash up on beach after nearly 200 die in mass stranding tragedy

Hundreds of whales washed up on the anniversary of Australia's deadliest ever whale stranding in the exact same bay two years on, leaving rescuers racing against the clock to save them

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Beaver relocation plans spark concerns for Gartocharn residents

Earlier this year, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), who run the site near High Wards Farm, began a consultation for a licence to translocate beavers from Angus and Perthshire to Loch Lomond.

The Independent UK

32 pilot whales rescued out of 230 stranded in Australia

Wildlife experts have rescued 32 of 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state Tasmania

The Hindu

Broad-billed sandpiper spotted for the first time at Nanjarayan tank bird sanctuary

This is the first sighting of the wader bird in an inland water body in Tamil Nadu

Asharq Al-Awsat

About 200 Pilot Whales Perish on Australian Beach

About 200 pilot whales have perished after stranding themselves on an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania, Australian rescuers said Thursday. Just 35 of the approximately 230 beached whales are still alive, according to state wildlife services, who described a tough battle ahead to rescue survivors,…

Wales Online

Tonnes of dead fish wash up along beaches

The tide included crabs and starfish

The National (Scotland)

National strategy set out to boost Scotland's beaver population

A NEW national strategy has been developed to expand Scotland’s beaver population for decades

The Guardian - AU

Nearly 200 stranded pilot whales die on Tasmanian beach but dozens saved and returned to sea

Rescue efforts are continuing for the 35 surviving whales on Ocean Beach near Strahan after the second mass stranding to occur in Australia in two days

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