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Early arrival of migratory shorebirds to Western Coast of India due to prey depletion, changes in breeding habitat. Large flocks of Whimbrel, Eurasian curlew, Common redshank, Common greenshank, Lesser sand plover, Greater sand plover, Kentish plover, Terek sandpiper, Dunlin, Sanderling, Common sandpiper seen foraging on sandy beaches. Delayed departure from…

‘It was pretty thick, like holding onto leather, but I jerked back on his eyelid and he let go’

First found in rocks on a logging trail in Canada, the 500-million-year-old microfossils are believed to be forerunners of the algae

Southwold, Suffolk: Our persistence (and a very early rise) are rewarded with the sight of multiple skeins of barnacle geese arriving at their winter grounds

An Australian-first study has found carbon dioxide emissions from alpine peatlands are higher in areas disturbed by feral horses.

A new study finds that endangered cheetahs are more likely to hunt at dawn and dusk on hot days, which increases their odds of conflict with other nocturnal predators

What if the song "Baby Shark" stopped after just two stanzas? There's no Daddy Shark in sight at a Chicago-area zoo where an epaulette shark pup hatched this summer.

Non-native species appear to be better able to resist extreme weather, threatening native plants and animals and potentially creating more favourable conditions for invasive species under climate change. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the scientific journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.

More than 20 plants and animals have been added to the government's threatened species list as politicians look ahead to another challenging bushfire season.