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‘Remarkable’ insect discovery by Scottish univeristy could benefit modern surgery

A “remarkable” discovery about a wasp-like insect’s mechanism for cutting into plants could have implications for modern surgery, scientists…

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As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

The Guardian - UK

Going extinct ‘right under our noses’: the quiet plight of Australia’s rarest bird of prey

Restricted now to the tropical north, the mysterious red goshawk is fast disappearing as a result of climate change and habitat loss

The Guardian - AU

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How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body

The sawfly’s egg-laying organ, the ovipositor, could help modern surgical techniques

The Independent UK

‘Remarkable’ insect discovery could benefit modern surgery, say scientists

Scientists found that sawfly’s egg-laying organ acts like a biological saw which instinctively knows what to cut.

Evening Standard

Australian bird of the year: an avian popularity contest with a deeper purpose

Voting is now open in the 2025 poll, but as you cast your ballot, here are some critical numbers to bear in mind

The Guardian - AU

The great butterfly heist: how a gentleman collector stole thousands of butterflies from Australian museums

Scientists are still unravelling the thefts of Colin Wyatt, an English adventurer, artist and naturalist who charmed the entomological community

The Guardian - AU

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‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion

BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

The Guardian - AU

Why Africa's oceans bear brunt of planet's environmental crisis

The world's oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union's Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The EU Copernicus programme warns that Africa's coasts, buffeted by marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, are especially vulnerable.

Radio France Internationale

Australia’s magpie swooping season returns with a vengeance – and cyclists are their main targets

Statistics for the 2025 breeding season show almost two in three attacks are on cyclists. But there are measures to avoid their wrath

The Guardian - AU

Creepy fuzzy caterpillars are back in Florida. Here’s why they are so dangerous

The caterpillars are hard to spot, measuring close to an inch and easily blending into trees

The Independent UK

Dame Jane Goodall obituary

Pioneering scientist whose breakthrough studies of chimpanzees changed how the animals were perceived and led to greater protection

The Guardian - UK

Scientists to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in nitrogen

If successful, method could be used to support long-term conservation of species vulnerable to extinction

The Guardian - UK

Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas

Experts are finding new and more humane ways to protect the last 74 southern resident killer whales

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Evening Standard

Disease-carrying mosquito species are found in the UK as climate change fuels spread

The Egyptian mosquito and forest mosquito are carriers of diseases including yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, Zika and dirofilariasis.

AAP

Wild deer 'failure': unexpected jump in feral numbers

Urgent action is needed to combat feral deer numbers after a survey reveals their numbers have increased and range has spread.

The Guardian - UK

UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development

Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years

The Independent UK

Researchers use cryopreservation to help survival of rare British butterfly

The British Swallowtail population has dropped by 57% in the last 20 years.

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The Guardian - UK

Common toad is becoming uncommon in UK, study shows

Species’ population has almost halved in a generation and urgent action is needed to protect it, analysis finds

The Guardian - AU

‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad?

When the federal government gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site in South Australia that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded

Radio France Internationale

Record marine heatwave drives surge of invasive species in Mediterranean

Warming seas are accelerating the spread of invasive species that threaten marine life and fisheries, especially in the Mediterranean, the European Union’s Copernicus Marine Service warned on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Is there such a thing as a ‘problem shark’? Plan to catch repeat biters divides scientists

Some experts think a few sharks may be responsible for a disproportionate number of attacks. Should they be hunted down?

The Guardian - AU

Twelve whales have been tangled in shark nets off Queensland’s coast so far this year. Here’s why

In the worst case, entanglements could cause drowning, one expert says, but whales can also suffer long-term effects from the nets

The Guardian - AU

Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year

The country’s fastest bird has taken out the top prize in a scandal-free year for the annual poll

The Independent UK

The predator that normally eats its rivals wins prestigious bird award

The kārearea, or New Zealand falcon, has won the prestigious title of Bird of the Year

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