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Bizarre Australian mole even more unusual than first thought, new research reveals

Experts say marsupial mole DNA shows they are closely linked to bandicoots and bilbies and their ancestors probably evolved in rainforests

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Look at the underside of a log, and you’ll find my new obsession: the beautiful, bonkers world of slime moulds

These tiny organisms matter. They have been used to map dark matter and improve transport networks, and they’re living all around us, says author Lucy Jones

The Guardian - UK

Fewer than one in 14 male humpback whales in New Caledonia are fathers

Reproduction is ‘very rare’ for a humpback male, study of South Pacific whales finds

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Fishermen catch and release tiger shark; actions prompt public scorn

An Australian politician might have taken more heat just for praising the catch and posting about it on Facebook.

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Groundbreaking sharks and skates study begins in Scottish waters

A GROUNDBREAKING new project to study sharks and skates will be conducted in Scottish waters after funding was secured...

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Male mosquitoes to be genetically engineered to poison females with semen in Australian research

Approach could be used to limit outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue fever, which results in 390m cases annually worldwide

The Guardian - AU

Why do falcons have stripes under their eyes? The answer is more complex than we thought

Falcons are found worldwide, from the fast and slick hobbies to the large and powerful gyrfalcon of the Arctic tundra. In Africa, falcons are found across many habitats. Several species are unique to the continent, including the endangered Taita falcon, which nests on high cliffs, and the greater kestrel, which…

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South Africa’s rare succulent plants are threatened by illegal trade – how to stop it

South Africa’s succulents – small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas – are sought after by an increasingly international collector market.

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Cane toads on the barbie? How eating invasive species might help manage them

Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it’s gaining attention as a solution to tackle the growing impact of invasive species.

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Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here

Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have fallen 2-3% every year over the last quarter century.

The Conversation

Plants that evolved in Florida over millennia now face extinction and lack protection

Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, according to a recent study I published with colleagues.

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Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans

As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive

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Algerians Campaign To Save Treasured Songbird From Hunters

With its vivid plumage and sweet trill, the goldfinch has long been revered in Algeria, but the national obsession has also driven illegal hunting, prompting calls to protect the songbird.

International Business Times

Chefs and home cooks send trout sales leaping amid farmed salmon fears

UK diners are increasingly turning to the versatile, nutritious fish

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Country diary: Somewhere around this glorious loch, beavers are at work

Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms: Reintroduced here after local extinction for 400 years, 10 pairs are settling in well – at least two even have kits

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As police search for the body of shark victim Lance Appleby, just how fearful should Australians be?

Experts say long term trend towards more shark attacks is partly because of population growth, and that the risk remains low

International Business Times

Breeding Success: London Zoo Counts Its Animals One-by-one

With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated stocktake.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The secret science behind a simple count: why we do the London Zoo stocktake

Five Asiatic lions, seven western lowland gorillas, three reticulated giraffes, 53 Darwin’s frogs, 65 Humboldt penguins…it’s been a busy day at London Zoo as our zookeepers have begun the mammoth task of counting every animal for our annual stocktake, a headcount of every animal in our care.

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London Zoo begins annual stock take with over 10,000 animals to count

Armed with calculators and clipboards, zookeepers entered every enclosure this week to fulfil a licensing requirement by tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate

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Grieving killer whale who carried calf’s body spotted again with dead baby

Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing population

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Grieving mother orca whale carries dead baby — again

Tahlequah had carried her other dead female calf for more than two weeks seven years ago

The Independent UK

An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf

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Monarch butterflies are in decline in NZ and Australia – they need your help to track where they gather

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australiasia. Could this be a consequence of global change, including climate change, the intensification of agriculture, and urbanisation?

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Giant shark said to be OK after release – why some are skeptical

Image shows a "very large" thresher shark that looks to have seen its last days, but scientists assure that the opposite is true.

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Why we need to transform the Arctic Ocean into a North Pole marine reserve

At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive.

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