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Birdwatching: Birders of Visakhapatnam gear up to document winter visitors

The birdwatching season is here and birders of Visakhapatnam are geared up to document winter migrants at biodiversity hotspots

The Hindu

Can we eat our way through an exploding sea urchin problem?

Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded more than 650km, through eastern Victoria and south to Tasmania. Their numbers are exploding in the process, clear-felling kelp forests and leaving “urchin barrens” behind.

The Conversation

Understanding the Nilgiri tahr: Scientists all set to study Tamil Nadu’s State animal

Project Nilgiri tahr launched to study Tamil Nadu's State animal, the Nilgiri tahr, with ₹25 crores allotted.

The Hindu

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Why dozens of birds are being renamed across North America

The American Ornithological Society said the decision was made ‘in an effort to address past wrongs’

The Independent UK

Great Barrier Reef annual coral spawning begins east of Cairns

Divers captured the spawning of soft corals on Moore Reef with researchers to analyse next generation

The Guardian - AU

Time and oxygen running short for last of ancient fish

A salmon industry plan to help an endangered fish on the brink of extinction isn't fully funded yet, despite plans to start work next month.

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‘There is power in a name’: why dozens of American birds are being renamed

American Ornithological Society to change names referencing people or deemed offensive for ones that better describe species

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Taming wild northern rivers could harm marine fisheries and threaten endangered sawfish

Australia’s tropical northern rivers still run wild and free. These relatively pristine areas have so far avoided extensive development. But this might not last. There are ongoing scoping studies exploring irrigating agricultural land using water from these rivers.

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Study identifies 37 rare moth species in Kerala, three first time in India

A recent study by an entomology researcher identified 37 rare moth species in Kerala. As many as three of them were the rarest and reported for the first time in the country.

The Hindu

Rare white platypus spotted, but it's not an albino

A researcher has shared extraordinary images of a rare white platypus spotted in a NSW stream.

AAP

Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people

The Independent UK

Offensive bird names to be changed in the US and Canada

The American Ornithological Society said the decision was made ‘in an effort to address past wrongs’

The Independent UK

Starfish ‘arms’ are actually extensions of their head, scientists say

The echinoderms more closely resemble disembodied heads than multi-limbed creatures, experts have discovered

The Guardian - UK

Giraffes could go extinct – the 5 biggest threats they face

Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals and an African icon, but they are also vulnerable to extinction.

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Farming tuna on land heralded as a win for sustainability – but there are serious concerns around animal welfare

Atlantic bluefin tuna used to be caught only relatively rarely, mainly by sports fishermen in North America. But this all changed in the 1950s when consumers of sushi, particularly in Japan, developed more of a taste for the species.

Evening Standard

Epping Forest foragers told not to pick mushrooms

The fungi play a vital factor in the forest’s survival

The Guardian - UK

Labour should legalise beaver releases, says Sadiq Khan

London mayor says releasing animals into wild is environmentally sound and a Labour vote-winner

Zenger

Seabird’s Stunning 700-Mile Journey Through Typhoon Reveals Climate Change Impact

Japanese researchers track male streaked shearwater's incredible flight amid increasingly severe storms

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Rescuers free humpback whale ‘hog-tied’ to 300lb crab pot in Alaska

Local residents discovered trapped whale ‘trailing two buoys, making unusual sounds and having trouble moving freely’

The Hindu

For the first time, breeding nests of crab-plovers spotted at Great Vedaranyam Swamp

Crab-plover, a shore bird that lays eggs in self-excavated burrows, may soon be a resident species of the Indian subcontinent. Five burrow nests were found in an islet near Siruthalaikkadu of Great Vedaranyam Swamp, Tamil Nadu. Researchers found the species was initially believed to only breed in African eastern coast,…

The Hindu

Researchers identify a new mushroom species from the Western Ghats

New species of mushroom, Candolleomyces albosquamosus, found in Western Ghats, Kerala. Honey-yellow cap, white stem, grows to 58mm. Morphological & molecular studies confirm new species. Only 35 species of genus Candolleomyces worldwide. Plays important role in forest ecosystem. Specimens deposited in JNTBGRI.

Salon

Saving dolphins from climate change

The Global Declaration for River Dolphins exists to halt the decline of the six surviving river dolphin species

The Guardian - UK

RSPB to give young people free access to its nature reserves in ‘youth revolution’

Conservation charity will roll out two-year pilot scheme across UK as it seeks to increase young people’s engagement with nature

The Conversation

We must assess 'cumulative impacts' to protect nature from death by a thousand cuts

Australia’s national environment protection law ignores the big picture. Like a racehorse wearing blinkers, decision-makers focus on a single project in isolation. If they dropped the blinkers and considered the combined effects of multiple projects, they might shy away from allowing so many harmful impacts.

The Guardian - AU

Russian delegation stymies creation of Antarctic conservation area

Efforts at major conference in Tasmania stall despite evidence that such areas would save crucial foraging and breeding grounds for Antarctic wildlife

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