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Fireflies once seemed plentiful and cool, easy to catch and watch, and they served as an introduction to the world of nature around us

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists estimates $7.3bn a year for 30 years could avoid most extinctions, repair soils and restore rivers

Exposure to cocaine could severely impact shark health, potentially damaging their DNA, and impairing their ability to metabolise fats, findings reveal

There are concerns the stimulant could make sharks more erratic

Langstone, Havant: This curious behaviour is one I witnessed this week in my garden

Researchers found that the rumbles are initiated by the most socially integrated, and often the most dominant, males in close-knit social groups.

Giant panda reclining in cloudy hills eating bamboo, European bison picking their way through gloomy and lichen-draped forests and Cape mountain zebra roaming arid mountains. Ideas of how and where these species live are fixed in the public imagination, in conservation practice and even in some species’ names – but…

Port Stephens Council to boost funds from biobank credit sale.

Sparrows were taken into captivity after numbers dwindled – and this week experts released 1,000th bird back into wild