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This Beautiful Flower Can Trap Insects — But It Isn’t a Venus Flytrap

Imagine walking through a garden and spotting an enormous, velvety flower with deep burgundy coloring and delicate white patterns. It looks almost tropical, with an unusual shape that makes you want to lean closer for a better look.

Frugal Gardening · Nov 5

Japanese climbing fern came to the US as an ornamental; it now spreads across at least 6 Southern states, climbing over trees and helping fire reach their crowns

Japanese climbing ferns, introduced for ornamental purposes, have proliferated across southern forests since the early 1900s. These ferns pose risks to native plants by causing shading and competing for resources. Fire crews are concerned about their ability to facilitate crown fires in pine plantations. While fire can damage the ferns,…

The Economic Times · Nov 5

Warming UK seas could ‘fundamentally reshape marine ecosystems’ – report

Four-year study warns destabilised marine food webs could jeopardise food security by 2050

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5

A Live Eel Slipped Into a Fisherman's Clothes and Ended Up in His Abdomen, but a Second Case Was Fatal

A Bangladeshi fisherman survived after a live 65-centimeter eel entered his anus and perforated his colon. Surgeons removed it and treated the resulting peritonitis.

Medical Daily · Nov 3

Herman Singh Heer Shows What Wildlife Photographers See Vs. What They Capture (40 Pics)

When looking at a stunning wildlife photograph, it's easy to imagine the photographer standing just a few feet away from the animal. But the reality behind the camera is often quite different. A distant figure in a vast landscape, a barely visible leopard among the branches, or a seemingly ordinary…

Bored Panda · Nov 3

In Washington, scientists excluded elk from rainforest plots for 36 years; shrubs became 5 to 6 times more abundant, while 46 plant species disappeared

A comprehensive study conducted over 36 years in Washington's Olympic Peninsula has unveiled striking insights into elk exclusion's impact on plant communities. Researchers found that while shrubs thrived, numerous smaller plant species vanished, underscoring the elk's critical role in promoting forest diversity through their feeding habits and behavior. These revelations…

The Economic Times · Nov 3

Country diary: The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic

Hortobágy, Hungary: Their sheer size is striking enough, but the noise is something else, especially when they gather in huge migratory flocks

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3

Scientists attempt to solve monarch butterfly mystery using tiny tracking devices

Swarms of monarchs navigate some 3,000 miles from as far as southern Canada to spend the winter in central Mexico's oyamel fir tree forests

The Independent UK · Nov 3

Mammal Reintroductions At Sturt: six native species return; project expands beyond fences

Ecologists Rebecca West and Reece Pedler are leading an inspiring initiative called the Wild Deserts project in New South Wales, focused on reviving native mammal populations that have been absent for over a century. Their efforts have successfully seen the reintroduction of multiple species to Sturt National Park, where they…

The Times of India · Nov 2

Rare ant nest stolen from last place in England where species survives

Devon nature reserve says ‘reckless’ theft of narrow-headed ant colony sets back years of conservation work

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2