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How do cicadas make their signature sound, so eerie and amazingly loud?

What stands out during a cicada invasion is the sound

The Independent UK

More than half of endangered species in France are not protected: report

More than half of endangered animal and plant species in France are not adequately protected, according to a new report by a French environmental research body.

Radio France Internationale

How do you put pigeons on the pill? Scientists test contraceptives to curb pest numbers

Birth control is being trialled as a humane way to limit growing numbers of grey squirrels, pigeons and wild boar

The Guardian - UK

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Ending native forest logging would help Australia’s climate goals much more than planting trees

Australia contains some of the world’s most biologically diverse and carbon-dense native forests. Eucalypts in wet temperate forests are the tallest flowering plants in the world and home to an array of unique tree-dwelling marsupials, rare birds, insects, mosses, fungi and lichen, many of which have not even been catalogued…

The Conversation

Gray Whales Shrinking Fast As Climate Warms

Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to evidence that climate change and other human activities are making marine mammals smaller, a study says.

International Business Times

How DNA analysis of our rivers and lakes can reveal new secrets about their biodiversity

Freshwater ecosystems are the lifeblood of the natural world, yet they are facing a silent crisis. A 2022 report by the World Wildlife Fund revealed a staggering 83% decline in global freshwater vertebrate populations since 1970, a rate far exceeding that of any other habitat.

The Conversation

Large number of whale sightings off New England, including dozens of endangered sei whales

Scientists say a large number of whales is visiting the waters off New England, and the group includes an unusually high number of an endangered species

The Independent UK

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Polar Bears Could Vanish From Canada's Hudson Bay If Temperatures Rise 2C

An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay by mid-century if global warming exceeds limits set under the Paris climate accords.

International Business Times

‘Out of sight and out of mind’: conservationists alarmed as NT land-clearing threatens endangered ghost bat habitat

Conservationists urge Tanya Plibersek to call in Daly River pastoral clearing application for assessment under commonwealth nature laws

The Guardian - AU

Country diary: Fifty shades of green

Hexton, Hertfordshire: On the chalk hills in early summer, green is dominant – but only until the yellows take over

The Guardian - UK

How a little brown bird could sound the alarm on lead poisoning in Australian children

Recent public health threats such as COVID, and the current bird flu outbreak in Victoria, show we can’t separate human health from the natural environment. Our research examining the link between lead exposure in house sparrows and children is another sobering reminder of this shared health burden.

The Conversation

How the health of honeybee hives can inform environmental policies in Canadian cities

In recent years, there has been a notable surge in Canada and around the world in the popularity of urban beekeeping. Driven by a heightened awareness of the vital role of pollinators and the practice’s increasing recognition, more Canadians than ever are looking to suit up and keep their own…

The Conversation

Underwater Gardeners Plant Eelgrass To Save 'Dead' Danish Fjord

Under a white tent on the shores of a polluted Danish fjord, volunteers and researchers prepare slender green shoots of eelgrass to be planted on the seabed to help restore the site's damaged ecosystem.

International Business Times

I surveyed 17 million insects flying through a Pyrenean mountain pass – here’s what I learned about these ‘remarkable migrants’

In 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack were watching birds migrate through a Pyrenean mountain pass on the border between France and Spain when they stumbled across something extraordinary – uncountable numbers of migrating insects. The Lacks were the first people to record fly migration in Europe. Despite only being…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Magical’: 17m insects fly each year through narrow pass in Pyrenees, say scientists

Exeter University study has origins in 1950 discovery by ornithologists who ‘chanced upon a spectacle’

The Independent UK

Mexico expedition sights only 6 to 8 vaquita porpoises, the most endangered marine mammal

Only 6 to 8 of Mexico’s critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises were sighted this year in the Gulf California

The Guardian - UK

Iceland grants country’s last whaling company licence to hunt 128 fin whales

Conservationists criticise ‘disappointing’ and ‘dangerous’ move to allow harpooning of fin whales after curbs last year

The Conversation

Losing winter ice is changing the Great Lakes food web – here’s how light is shaping life underwater

Winters on the Great Lakes are harsh – so much so that the scientists who work there often focus on the summer months, when tiny microbes at the base of the food chain were thought to be most productive.

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Coral reef recovery could get a boost from an unlikely source: Sea cucumbers, the janitors of the seafloor

Sea cucumbers, scavengers of the seafloor that resemble the cylindrical vegetable, have been consumed as a delicacy in Asia for centuries. But in recent decades, they’ve been severely overharvested to a point that they are now quite rare. New research I helped conduct suggests their repopulation could play an important…

The Independent UK

Weird insects you may find in your garden

Giant beetles, funky-looking caterpillars and huge hoverflies may all be lurking.

The Conversation

We have a moral responsibility to help low-income nations restore coral reefs

The fourth global coral bleaching event is underway. It won’t be the last.

The Independent UK

Male dolphins ‘use social play to hone mating skills years before they mature’

Male bottlenose dolphins are known to form lifelong bonds that help them find mates.

The Independent UK

Elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows

New research shows African elephants call each other and respond to individual names, something few wild animals do

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A roadside rarity that’s so easy to miss

Hexhamshire, Northumberland: It takes a decade for the bird’s nest orchid to summon the energy to bloom. And it would have no chance if this verge had been cut

The Conversation

Only 10% of native plants can be bought as seed – a big problem for nature repair. Here’s how we can make plantings more diverse

More than 52 million hectares of land across Australia is degraded. Degraded land lacks biodiversity and the natural balance of healthy ecosystems, making it unfit for wildlife or cultivation. This means we are losing the benefits that healthy ecosystems provide for nature and people.

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