Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Nature

The secret world of rhododendrons: a plant more ancient than the Himalayas that inspired fables and stories around the world

If you have a rhododendron in your garden or pass one by on an afternoon walk perhaps you think of it as just a colourful and pretty shrub. You may have heard that they come from the Himalayas, and that they are invasive plants that destroy ecosystems.

The Conversation

Wild animals leave DNA on plants, making them easier to track – here’s what scientists found in a Ugandan rainforest

The world is losing animals at an alarming rate due to habitat degradation, climate change and illegal human activities in the wildlife protected areas. In fact, it is estimated that, by 2100, more than half of Africa’s bird and mammal species could be lost.

The Conversation

Coral threatened by chemicals, including several in sunscreen, French study confirms

The French environmental health agency has confirmed the negative impact of certain chemicals on coral, including several substances present in sunscreens. With territories in three tropical oceans, France harbours ten percent of the world’s coral, which is already under threat from climate change.

Radio France Internationale

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Environmentalists hold ‘wake’ for Lough Neagh over toxic algae bloom

Campaigners dressed in black and carried a makeshift coffin.

The Independent UK

Cats are killing India’s birds. Are we paying attention?

Birds in India are facing poor conditions due to many factors, including cats. Studies have found cats to be the "single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality" for birds and mammals in the US. Ecologist Monica Kaushik has studied cats' hunting habits in Dehradun and found pet cats hunt birds the…

The Hindu

Shore bird from Arctic region makes a stopover in urban water body in Coimbatore

Rare Red-necked phalarope spotted at Kurichi tank in Coimbatore by birders on Sunday. Group of 17 birders spotted the species, which is believed to be the record of the species in Coimbatore after a decade. The Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), a shore bird that breeds in the Arctic region, possibly…

The Hindu

Over 75% of European bumblebee species threatened in the next 40-60 years

75% of Euro. bumblebee species may be threatened in 40-60 yrs due to human-driven habitat degradation & climate change. Global change mitigation policies are needed to protect them. Results show 38-76% of non-threatened species may lose 30% of their territory by 2061-2080. Scandinavia may become refuge, but effects of finer-scale…

The Hindu

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Ground-nesting birds design their nests to hide from predators: Study

According to new research, ground-nesting birds known as lapwings exploit the design of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

‘We’ve underrated what these birds can do’: the secret life of Skomer’s guillemots

Tim Birkhead’s life’s work reveals the unexpectedly colourful lives of gregarious guillemots on the Welsh island of Skomer

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The bees are exhausted, the butterflies frayed

Seaham coastal path, County Durham: It’s the end of summer, and around the blackberry bush, all that was pristine and purposeful is now a little worse for wear

The Guardian - UK

What’s in a name? The renaming of the pink cockatoo is no small thing in Australia’s violent history

This beautiful bird’s former name represented colonial dominance – and told us nothing about the species

The Guardian - AU

Study reveals existence of 36 elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu, Chief Wildlife Warden tells Madras High Court

The Hindu

UK facing massive influx of huge killer Asian hornets, warns beekeeper

Peter Down says he has lost nearly everything after Asian hornets wiped out the majority of his hives

The Independent UK

UK butterfly numbers bounce back after last year’s all-time low

Big Butterfly Count records increase on 2022 but longer-term trends show declines for some of most common species

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: An orange dazzler that’s skipping northwards

Holywell, Flintshire, north Wales: Among the brown butterflies in my pastures this late summer, the Essex skipper is a flash of brilliance

Zenger

Bees Without Mothers More Prone To Disease: Study

Researchers even found that motherless bees behaved differently than those with influential maternal figures.

The Conversation

Seaweed is taking over coral reefs. But there's a gardening solution – sea-weeding

In the early 1990s, marine researchers in the Caribbean found something alarming. On reef after reef, corals were dying off – and seaweed was growing in their place.

The Independent UK

Climate change takes habitat from big fish, the ocean's key predators

This year’s marine heat waves and spiking ocean temperatures foretell big changes in the future for some of the largest fish in the sea, such as sharks, tunas and swordfish

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

The fly that can’t fly: entomologists make fascinating discovery in Lesotho

South African scientists find a mystery female specimen with stunted wings identified as a flightless fly

The Guardian - UK

Carnivorous plants return to Lancashire peatland after 100 years

Insect-eating sundew plants among 17,500 reintroduced as part of carbon-sequestering conservation scheme

The Conversation

Our unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs

Frogs are in trouble. While many of the world’s animal species are now at risk from habitat loss, climate change and other human pressures, frogs are particularly at risk.

The Independent UK

Environmental groups sue US over sluggish pace in listing the rare ghost orchid as endangered

The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a lawsuit arguing that federal officials are unduly delaying a decision

The Conversation

Asian hornets make UK their latest target – here’s why they’re such a threat to European bees

A staggering increase in the number of Asian hornet sightings in the UK has beekeepers and wildlife lovers there reeling. But the invasive species poses a substantial threat to beekeeping and honey production across Europe.

The Guardian - UK

Project to liberate part of Somerset river hailed as ‘squelchy’ success

Scheme to restore Aller’s natural flow has created wetland teeming with life and could provide model for managing other rivers

The Independent UK

More than 75% of European bumblebee species may be threatened by 2080 – study

Worst-case scenarios suggest bumblebees lose up to 30% of their current habitat in the next 40–60 years.

1 … 135 136 137 138

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Stormont

1,324 stories

the Australian Research Council

the Center for Biological Diversity

64 stories

Butterfly Conservation

49 stories

James Cook University

45 stories

Australian Museum

44 stories

the Fish and Wildlife Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.