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Dog owners have been asked to keep their pets on leashes

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly. Biological oceanographer John A. Gittings and an international group of researchers have found an example of this phenomenon in the Indian…

Researchers found no difference in the diversity of species in urban meadows compared with those in rural settings

150 funnel-web spiders are needed to help create lifesaving antivenom

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal’s death

‘Self-talk’ may be byproduct of intrinsic need for social interaction, researchers say

Up to 72 percent of coral found dead on 12 of 19 surveyed reefs in the north of the world’s largest living structure.

A French environmental organisation is advocating for the creation of an international protection zone for the whale shark in the South Atlantic – between Cape Verde and Saint Helena. The project has recently gained the support of the sailing community through the Vendée Globe Foundation.

Monsal Dale, Derbyshire: Of the five common thrushes that call Britain home, these are the most unpredictable and least approachable

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate.

Australia's carbon projects are doing little to conserve the nation's most threatened species whose habitat is mostly on privately owned agricultural land.