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'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.

International Business Times

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 Conversation

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

Inverse

Butterflies, bees, bugs and more: The summer of insect-counting gets underway in Germany

In a strip of greenery between Berlin’s Natural History Museum and a busy street, bumble bees move swiftly between flowers while a ladybug makes its way along a leaf full of aphids and bugs crawl about.

The Independent UK

Country diary: My ponds are teeming with unseen life

Holywell, Flintshire: The joy of pond-dipping never goes away, and now I’m armed with more knowledge to find out what’s in my garden this spring

The Guardian - UK

Just keep swimming! Zebrafish doing fine in zero gravity on China's Tiangong space station (video)

The four zebrafish China sent to its space station are thriving after spending almost a month in orbit.

Space

Recovery of Brazil's Spix's macaw, popularized in animated 'Rio' films, threatened by climate change

In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts

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Scientists may finally have answer to why killer whales keep attacking boats near Gibraltar

Young orcas are likely following a new ‘fad’ that they have picked up from peers, marine biologist says

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Court action launched over endangered glider's death

The death of an endangered greater glider near firebreak work in a Victorian national park has sparked court action to protect their habitat trees.

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The bees have a new favourite food almost every week

Great Comp Garden, Sevenoaks, Kent: We’re in full bloom here, providing for the pollinators – this week it’s the cotoneaster, soon it will be the salvias

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Threatened species and chips? Other fish frequently sold as flake, Australian study finds

Scalloped hammerhead and greeneye spurdog among at-risk shark discovered in genetic testing of fillets

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Scientists decipher elephant "sentences"

A new study explores multimodal communication tools employed by elephants, underscoring their unique intelligence

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Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Rules designed to protect endangered greater gliders have been changed after the Forestry Corporation raised concerns about NSW's wood supplies.

The Guardian - US

‘Knight in spiny armor’: could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?

A three-year study found that the spiny lobsters’ urine scared off predatory worms and snails who snack on the delicate organisms

The Guardian - UK

Extinct mountain plant reintroduced to secret location in north Wales

Rosy saxifrage returns to Eryri, where it was last seen in the wild in 1962

The Conversation

The surge in hydroelectric dams is driving massive biodiversity loss

Around the world, free-flowing natural rivers are being fragmented by dams, weirs and other barriers. It’s one of the biggest, yet least acknowledged, causes of biodiversity loss worldwide.

The Guardian - UK

How to rewild your teenagers: a parents’ guide to reconnecting them with nature

Young children often love wildlife and nature but find them boring, uncool or ‘icky’ in their teens

The Guardian - UK

Scientists transplant soil fungi in race to save world’s threatened orchids

Display at Chelsea flower show highlights work in UK and US to bring orchid habitats back to health

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