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Police investigation after ‘lost species’ disappear across UK in suspicious circumstances

Satellite tags of two eagles were discovered discarded near their last known locations

The Independent UK

Greek tragedy: the rare seals hiding in caves to escape tourists

Greece is hoping that protected areas will help keep daytrippers away and allow vulnerable monk seals to return to their island habitats

The Guardian - UK

Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK

Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances

The Guardian - UK

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‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans

The Guardian - UK

Common household rat poisons found to pose unacceptable risk to wildlife as animal advocates push for ban

Environmentalists say proposed temporary suspension of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides ‘doesn’t go far enough’

The Guardian - AU

As reefs vanish, assisted coral fertilization offers hope in the Dominican Republic

In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the eye of conservationists

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: What polar bear DNA tells us about a warming Arctic

In today’s newsletter: As species across the world struggle to keep pace with global warming, how do we report the rare glimmers of hope without downplaying the accelerating ecological crisis?

The Guardian - UK

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24 endangered sea turtles recovering in Florida after cold stunning off Cape Cod

Two dozen Kemp's ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after cold waters off Cape Cod left them with frostbite and pneumonia

The Independent UK

Scientists discover orange toad species so tiny it can fit on pencil tip

Scientists call for immediate conservation efforts to protect endangered species

The Independent UK

Cruise-ship stowaway owls set for US return after living it up at Spanish resort

Burrowing owls, who boarded cruise ship in Miami, to be returned to US next month after long spell in quarantine

The Guardian - US

Hightailing along city streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain

Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story

The Guardian - UK

Stress from rapidly warming climate is visible in polar bears’ DNA, study shows

Study is the first to find a statistically significant link between rising temperatures and altered DNA activity in a wild mammal

The Independent UK

Changes to polar bear DNA could help them adapt to global heating, study finds

Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust

The Guardian - UK

Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds

Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Killer whales seen hunting with dolphins and sharing spoils for first time

Orcas may be tracking salmon using dolphin echolocation and sharing prey in return

The Guardian - UK

Snakes, spiders and rare birds seized by Border Force in month-long operation

Wildlife smuggling is serious organised crime that ‘fuels corruption and drives species to extinction’, Home Office says

The Guardian - AU

NSW koala numbers higher than previously thought, but new data may not show true picture

Updated estimate reflects more accurate technology and extensive survey work, rather than a true increase in the koala population

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A lifelong love affair with a handsome duck

Tyrella Beach, County Down: Common scoters are tricky to spot from the shore, but I feel lucky to be seeing them at all

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Sea urchin species on brink of extinction after marine pandemic

Ecologically important Diadema africanum almost eliminated by unknown disease in Canary Islands

Radio France Internationale

Habitat loss drives France's biodiversity collapse, but recovery still possible

France’s wildlife is in crisis, but the few species that receive real protection show that long-term, well-funded action can reverse the trend, says the World Wildlife Fund France's annual biodiversity report. The challenge is not a lack of solutions, but a lack of commitment.

AAP

'Claim back our waterways': calls for crocodile culls

Claims of an "infestation" of crocodiles is prompting calls for a cull as part of a management plan of the apex predators and to protect regional communities.

AAP

Heatwave, disease 'catastrophic' combo for hardy corals

A sturdy type of coral that usually withstands bleaching has been hit hard by a combination of heat stress and a disease rarely seen in the Great Barrier Reef.

The Guardian - UK

Humans rank above meerkats but below beavers in monogamy league table

Human beings in 7th place out of 35 species on monogamy scale, according to a study by Cambridge University

The Guardian - UK

Iain Douglas-Hamilton obituary

Conservationist who devoted his life to the study and preservation of the African elephant

The Independent UK

Modern humans unfairly blamed for extinction of Indonesia’s ‘hobbits’, scientists say

Previous research linked disappearance of small-brained species to arrival of homo sapiens

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