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Beavers return to west London for first time in 400 years

It is hoped the buck-toothed aquatic mammals will help turn the location into a flourishing wetland

The Independent UK

For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct

For generations, the Thaua people worked with killer whales to hunt large whales in the water of Twofold Bay, on the southern coast of New South Wales. Killer whales – commonly known as orcas – would herd their giant prey into shallower waters where hunters could spear them. Humans would get…

The Conversation

Invasive Chinese mitten crabs spotted in the UK

The Chinese mitten crab was seen alongside waterways in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

The Independent UK

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Rare birdwing butterflies star in federal case against NY man accused of trafficking insects

Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking forfeiture of a collection of 1,000 butterflies, moths and other insects that authorities say were illegally trafficked

The Independent UK

Canada rejects request to protect northern spotted owl habitat

One wild-born owl remains in British Columbia, where logging concerns have destroyed the species’s old-growth forest home

The Guardian - US

Number of nesting seabirds on Lundy island at nine-decade high

Tiny island in Bristol Channel has 25,000 Manx shearwaters – 95% of England’s breeding population – and 1,335 puffins

The Guardian - UK

New treaty to protect the world's oceans may hurt vulnerable African fisheries

Following two decades of fierce negotiations, over 60 countries recently signed a UN Ocean Treaty to conserve biodiversity on the high seas.

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Sadiq Khan helps beavers return to west London for first time in 400 years

It is hoped the rodents will help turn the location into a flourishing wetland.

The Independent UK

Female frogs found to fake death to avoid unwanted advances from males

Nearly one-third of females in study laid motionless on their backs to get out of mating with male

The Independent UK

Family of five beavers released in Ealing in pioneering ‘rewilding’ project

A family of five beavers was released in London on Wednesday in a pioneering project to encourage the “rewilding” of the capital’s urban areas.

Evening Standard

Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

Most of the endangered greater glider's habitat in Queensland is not protected, a new study reveals.

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If we protect mangroves, we protect our fisheries, our towns and ourselves

Mangroves might not look like much. Yes, they can have strange aerial roots. Yes, they’re surrounded by oozing mud.

The Conversation

Female frogs appear to fake death to avoid unwanted advances, study shows

Findings shed light on European common frog’s sometimes deadly scramble for a mate

The Guardian - UK

UK’s oldest red kite ringed 26 years ago found in Wales

An examination of the ring on the bird’s leg found it was 9,518 days old, having been ringed as a nestling in June 1997.

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UK’s oldest red kite discovered in Wales – and then put down

An examination of the ring on the bird’s leg found it was 9,518 days old, having been ringed as a nestling in June 1997

The Guardian - UK

‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists say

Report on state of flora and fungi says newly discovered plants should be listed as threatened by default

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Eye to eye with a weary toad

Birchen Edge, Derbyshire: This one, the largest I’d seen for a while, had narrowly escaped my boot as it paused in the sunshine

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Australia doing a poor job of protecting unique plants

Australia is doing a very poor job of working out if its unique plants are in danger of extinction, scientists warn.

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The Hindu

Conservationists advocate need for amphibian reserves to protect threatened species

A recent study based on the second global amphibian assessment undertaken by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Amphibian Red List Authority found roughly 41% of amphibian species worldwide to be facing the threat of gradual extinction.

The Conversation

There's a hidden source of excess nutrients suffocating the Great Barrier Reef. We found it

The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia’s most important environmental and economic assets. It is estimated to contribute A$56 billion per year and supports about 64,000 full-time jobs, according to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. However, the reef is under increasing pressure.

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Major new threat to Great Barrier Reef identified

Yet another serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef has emerged - invisible flows of groundwater that are dumping harmful nutrients into the fragile ecosystem.

The Hindu

Prey, habitat dictate Asiatic wild dog-tiger coexistence, says study

Overlapping prey availability or habitat suitability could dictate a positive association between dholes and tigers, facilitating co-existence or even cooperative behaviours between the two species of carnivores, a new study has found. The dhole or Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) is the only endangered wild pack-living canid in the tropical Indian…

The Hindu

19 dolphins rescued alive from canals of Ganga-Ghagra basin, says study

A recent publication by scientists and researchers has pointed out that 19 Gangetic river dolphins were successfully rescued between 2013–20, from the irrigation canals of the Ganga-Ghagra basin in Uttar Pradesh.

The Guardian - UK

‘No easy answer’: the endangered owls that can only be saved by killing other owls

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum depicts how northern spotted owls are being protected . . . by culling their near relatives

The Hindu

A tiny frog that captured attention of DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio shared a photo of a galaxy frog, an amphibian species endemic to the eastern part of the Western Ghats, taken by Sandeep Das, a researcher and wildlife photographer from Thrissur. Mr. Das was thrilled as DiCaprio shared the abstract of a report on declining amphibians along with the…

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