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‘Where do sharks hang out?’: the race to find safe spaces for the Galápagos’ ocean-going predators

Scientists are tagging sharks to map Pacific migration routes in a bid to expand marine reserves before more of these endangered species fall prey to illegal industrial fishing

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: These summer migrants are remarkable – and humbling

Moccas, Herefordshire: Pied flycatchers fly more than 13,000km from west Africa, up through Spain and on to Britain, and as far as Russia every summer

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Six Texas freshwater mussels, the “livers of the rivers,” added to endangered species list

Freshwater mussels can pump and filter eight to 15 gallons of water a day, cleaning rivers and streams. Six of the 50 mussels that call Texas home are federally protected by Monday’s listing.

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Asian hornets overwintered in UK for first time, DNA testing shows

Discovery of three queen hornets in East Sussex means it is likely the bee-killing insect will be here for good

The Guardian - UK

South Africa: new Drakensberg nature reserve will protect ancient rock art, wildlife, livelihoods, grasslands and water

South Africa’s Drakensberg mountains have a new 6,500 hectare nature reserve. The new Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve is working with communities and will preserve ancient rock art, vital grasslands and water sources for millions of people. It connects a neighbouring world heritage site to another nature reserve, expanding a huge…

The Conversation

Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms

Museums often celebrate new acquisitions, especially something rare or historic. In April 2024, scientists from the Natural History Museum of Jamaica and The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus accepted a very rare and historic specimen: a 16-inch lizard called the Jamaican giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus). It had previously…

The Conversation

Sure, the Taylor Swift millipede is the least of our problems – but what we call wildlife matters

The SpongeBob Squarepants fungus and Shakira wasp might sound funny, but there is a rising acceptance that eponyms in the natural world are a legacy of empire and oppression, writes Emma Beddington

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What Self-Medicating Animals Can Teach Us About Medicine

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him.

Inverse

Paris wards off tiger mosquito scourge ahead of Olympics

A campaign to monitor and trap tiger mosquitos in Paris is in full swing weeks ahead of the Olympics. Authorities are worried that travellers will exacerbate a surge in diseases such as dengue fever.

Radio France Internationale

Is No Mow May worth it? What I learned from taking part

What I found out when I took part in No Mow May, and how I plan to continue supporting wildlife in my garden.

Tom’s Guide

Great Barrier Reef bleaching crisis 'like a bushfire underwater'

It’s too soon to tell if the heat-stressed corals of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will survive their fifth mass bleaching in eight years, but the marine scientists who monitor the reef’s health are already despairing.

Radio France Internationale

Shade cloth and poisonous dust: how the red-finned blue-eye was brought back from the brink

Numbers of the Australian native fish have grown from 1,000 to 5,000 in eight years, and Queensland has now declared its habitat a special wildlife reserve

The Guardian - AU

What turns coral on

Wind, rainfall and ocean temperatures all influence the synchronized spawning of some coral.

Axios

Why The "Sweet" Sound Of Cicadas Have Fascinated Humans For Millennia

For thousands of years, humans have documented their fascinating with the incessant hum of the cicada. But why?

Inverse

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‘More profitable than farming’: how Ecuador’s birding boom is benefiting wildlife

With hundreds of highly prized species, bird tourism is thriving in the country – and farmers are increasingly turning their land into nature reserves

International Business Times

'Innocuous-looking' Fern Wins World Record For Largest Genome

A small, seemingly unremarkable fern that only grows on a remote Pacific island was on Friday crowned the Guinness World Record holder for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth.

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Endangered penguin chicks hatched at Chester zoo named after plants

Zoo welcomes 11 Humboldt chicks, its highest number in a decade, including Thistle and Daffodil

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A silent killer that loves the long days

Stromness, Orkney: Short-eared owls are a such a compelling sight as they hunt in the light. They cruise the rugged heathland, then suddenly disappear

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Majority of Scots back further reintroductions of beaver, poll finds

NEARLY three-quarters of Scots back further reintroductions of beaver at sites across the country, according to a poll.

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As No Mow May ends, here’s why we should keep patches of lawn permanently wild

Over the last century, nearly all of the UK’s wildflower meadows have been destroyed by expanding farms, towns and cities. This loss of habitat has driven nature’s decline, according to research led by birds and nature conservation charity the RSPB.

The Independent UK

Mysterious plague is wiping out sea urchins across the globe, scientists say

Expert warns urchins vital to coral reef ecosystems now ‘functionally extinct’ in Red Sea

Tom’s Guide

How to get rid of carpenter bees: 7 deterrents for your home or yard

Carpenter bees make their homes by drilling into the wood around your home and yard, but we've found 7 humane deterrents

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Country diary: The perfect day to be in a rainforest

Borrowdale, Lake District: We’re here to mark the declaration of this rare temperate rainforest as a nature reserve – in appropriately soggy conditions

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Remote island's 'miraculous' pest-free transformation

Macquarie Island is flourishing after a world-leading eradication program resulted in the sub-Antarctic outpost being declared free of pests in 2014.

Inverse

Cicadas Don’t Hibernate Underground for Years — It’s a Lot Weirder Than That

“Keep in mind, the cicadas are not underground doing nothing,” University of Connecticut entomologist John Cooley told Inverse in an email. They are quite busy in fact.

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