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Bush Stone-Curlew chick hatching from its egg
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Coexistence is possible: spotted hyenas exposed to daytime pastoralism do just fine
This blog post is provided by Arjun Dheer and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Diurnal pastoralism does not reduce juvenile recruitment nor elevate allostatic load in spotted hyenas
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Most UK adults think nature is in urgent need of protection – poll
A majority of the public believe nature is under threat and needs urgent action to protect and restore it, according to a YouGov poll. The poll for the National Trust, RSPB and WWF comes as they and other mainstream green groups are mobilising their millions of members to counter what they say is the government’s attack on nature.
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Wolves are recovering in Europe - here’s why that’s good news
Bears, wolves, and bison are making a comeback across Europe, new research has revealed. The animals are among 50 expanding species tracked in the new European Wildlife Comeback report. From loggerhead turtles and Eurasian otters to humpback whales and wolverines, many previously-struggling species have made ‘spectacular’ recoveries.
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Bush Stone-Curlew reacts to Water Dragon fight
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Is ‘rewilding’ the future of conservation?
We’re in the middle of what environmentalists call a “biodiversity crisis,” with some scientists going so far as to suggest we’re heading toward another mass extinction event. Whatever you want to call it, climate change and human-caused habitat loss are causing a measurable reduction to wildlife populations around the globe.
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Resurrecting the Tasmanian Tiger Is a Dumb Project
Naturally, Peter Thiel is an investor in the company that came up with the idea.
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An ‘open, oozing wound:’ why it’s taken decades to clean up waste from a troubled mine in B.C.
From above, the closed Tulsequah Chief mine in northwest B.C. seems small as it sits by the Tulsequah River a few kilometers from the waterway’s confluence with the Taku River. But up close, the site is an “open, oozing wound,” said Guy Archibald, executive director of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission. “There’s bright orange water running down the hill, running into this huge pond of bright orange water that just overflows into the river.”
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World's tiniest sea turtle species discovered nesting in Louisiana for first time in 75 years
Louisiana officials announced they discovered the hatchlings of the world’s smallest sea turtle species on an island just off the coast of New Orleans for the first time in 75 years.
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The world's smallest sea turtle nests in Louisiana for the first time in 75 years
Kemp's ridley sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds, officials say, in a victory for barrier island restoration. The tiny turtle is also believed to be the world's most endangered.
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Sir David Attenborough to Host New Five-Part BBC Nature Series ‘Wild Isles’
Sir David Attenborough is set to host a new nature series for the BBC tentatively titled “Wild Isles.” The five-part series will introduce viewers to fauna and flora across Britain and Ireland, focusing on four main areas: woodlands, grasslands, freshwater and marine.
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One-third of the food we eat is at risk because the climate crisis is endangering butterflies and bees | CNN
Bee populations are declining. More than half of the bat species in the United States are in severe decline or listed as endangered. And international scientists recently announced the monarch butterfly is perilously close to extinction.
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More species are at risk than ever in Canada. Who will save them?
The recent addition of the monarch butterfly to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species captured the attention of the media and public across North America. Rightly so. This brightly coloured butterfly is easy to recognize and one of the few endangered species you might find right in your backyard. But the monarch is just the latest to be added to a growing group of wild species found in Canada that are at risk of disappearing forever.
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Nepal has nearly tripled its wild tiger population since 2009
Wild tigers in Nepal have clawed their way back from the brink of extinction. There are now almost three times as many wild tigers in the country as there were in 2009, according to the Nepalese government.
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A centuries-old horse tooth helps prove the Spanish origin of these feral horses
The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about the origin of feral horses on an island off Maryland and Virginia.
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Man wakes up with bat on his neck, later dies after refusing rabies vaccine
A colony of bats was later discovered in the man's Illinois home, and he refused treatment despite the warnings.
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Good news: highway underpasses for wildlife actually work
Australia’s wildlife is increasingly threatened with extinction. One key driver of this is habitat clearing and fragmentation. An associated factor is the expansion of our road network, particularly the upgrade and duplication of our highways.
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Native birds increase by 51% on Miramar Peninsula
Latest figures show native birds have increased by 51 percent on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. This includes a whopping 550 percent rise in the pīwakawaka / fantail population of, a 275 percent increase in riroriro / grey warblers, and a 49 percent increase in tūī.
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Bison back in the UK: the inside story
They’ve been absent in the UK wild for thousands of years, but now a special project has welcomed these “woolly bulldozers” home.
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There are 40% more tigers in the world than previously estimated
The number of tigers in the wild has gone up dramatically since 2015 — largely because of improvements in monitoring them, but the species remains endangered.
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