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Community wants end to 'terrorising wildlife' at popular lake

Community wants end to 'terrorising wildlife' at popular lake

Community members and councillors are raising concerns over prohibited fishing at Perth's Galup Reserve, formerly Lake Monger, as one group says more turtles are being killed by fishing gear.

Acre and Neighboring Areas May Hold 20,000 Pre-Columbian Monuments

Acre and Neighboring Areas May Hold 20,000 Pre-Columbian Monuments

New laser-mapping techniques suggest that Acre and neighboring areas of the Amazon may contain around 20,000 pre-Columbian monuments-far more than the nearly 1,300 already identified by Brazilian and Finnish archaeologists. The estimate…

Headwinds for green revolution, Football Australia’s Fifa deadline, Fauci takes the fifth

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Headwinds for green revolution, Football Australia’s Fifa deadline, Fauci takes the fifth

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Despite Australians’ enthusiasm for installing home solar panels and batteries, a…

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Dolphin Numbers in Fernando de Noronha Nearly Halve over Ten Years

Dolphin Numbers in Fernando de Noronha Nearly Halve over Ten Years

The number of spinner dolphins in Fernando de Noronha has fallen by nearly half over the past decade, according to data from the Spinner Dolphin Project. In Dolphin Bay, the daily average dropped from 252 animals in 2015 to 129 in 2025, a…

Ahead of dengue vaccine rollout, all 4 strains found in circulation

Ahead of dengue vaccine rollout, all 4 strains found in circulation

India's first dengue virus mapping shows all four serotypes circulating in eight states. This finding could influence the country's upcoming dengue vaccine strategy. Researchers found DENV-2 to be the dominant circulating strain across the…

Rare snail that gives birth through neck returns from brink of extinction

Rare snail that gives birth through neck returns from brink of extinction

About 1,000 Campbell's keeled glass snails are settling into their new home in the crevices of a secluded valley on Norfolk Island, after being bred back from the brink of oblivion.

Oregon is on track for its worst wildfire season yet

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Oregon is on track for its worst wildfire season yet

Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no…

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Ban on tree felling, charcoal production still in force — Nasarawa

The Punch

Ban on tree felling, charcoal production still in force — Nasarawa

Nasarawa State warns residents that the ban on tree felling and charcoal production remains in force to combat climate change and environmental degradation Read More…

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Remora hitches 19-minute ride as sea turtle lays eggs in Costa Rica

Remora hitches 19-minute ride as sea turtle lays eggs in Costa Rica

On a picturesque Costa Rican beach, an unexpected sight caught the eyes of researchers when a mother sea turtle arrived with a lively suckerfish clinging to her shell for an astonishing nineteen minutes. The fish, which seemed to adapt…

What’s behind Lake Erie’s steep yellow perch decline?

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What’s behind Lake Erie’s steep yellow perch decline?

The shallowest of the Great Lakes has seen a drop of roughly 20 per cent, according to an Ontario regulatory body. A swell in the number of walleye and climate change are some of the reasons why, scientists say.

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Bordeaux wildfire battle continues amid extreme heat

Al Jazeera

Bordeaux wildfire battle continues amid extreme heat

Firefighters are on high alert in France as scorching temperatures and winds threaten to fuel wildfire west of Bordeaux

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How two solar farms in US restored native wildflowers & proved beneficial for insects

How two solar farms in US restored native wildflowers & proved beneficial for insects

Two Minnesota solar farms have reportedly helped restore local ecosystems. Researchers found native wildflowers and grasses increased significantly after five years. Beneficial insect populations, including bees, tripled compared to…