Wildlife Conservation
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Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale
A Guardian Seascape analysis of 44 recent studies of more than 9,000 seafood samples from restaurants, fishmongers and supermarkets in…
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Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory
You find a grey oval-shaped ball about the size of a thumb, filled with bones and fur — a pellet,…
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Artificial insemination in captive lions is bad news for conservation
The recent success story of a lion cub, Simba, born at Singapore zoo as a result of artificial insemination, is…
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Israel pollution: Tar globs disfigure coast after oil spill
Thousands of volunteers and soldiers are helping to clear the pollutant which is damaging wildlife. BBC Israel is trying to…
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Reindeer: ancient migration routes disrupted by roads, dams – and now wind farms
Herds made up of many thousands of animals can cover 5,000km each year in the far north of Europe, Siberia…
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Cacophony of human noise is hurting all marine life, scientists warn
A natural ocean soundscape is fundamental to healthy marine life but is being drowned out by an increasingly loud cacophony…
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Bob Brown loses legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania
Former Greens leader Bob Brown’s eponymous environment group has lost a legal challenge to native forest logging in Tasmania that…
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Whale sharks: boat strikes in protected areas could be harming the animals’ development
They can reach lengths of over 18 metres and weigh more than 19,000kg. Each shark has a unique pattern of…
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As the Arctic melts, a regime shift is taking place
The old order is being swept away, leaving scientists to ask: What’s coming in its place? Ben Deacon ABC Weather…
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The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins
How they got there, and whether they will stay, is unknown. Victoria Turk Wired UK Some years ago, researchers in…
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How the Soviet Union’s end sparked a grand rewilding
When Alyona Koshkina walks through the wild grasses of Kazakhstan’s vast plains in spring, she is overwhelmed by the life…
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Jane Goodall: ‘Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way’
Jane Goodall is a primatologist who is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on chimpanzees. Jonathan Watts The…
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Almost 90% of the world’s animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050
We also know that things are likely to get worse in the future, with a combination of habitat loss, climate…
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Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds
Plastic bags and flexible packaging are the deadliest plastic items in the ocean, killing wildlife including whales, dolphins, turtles and…
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United Nations urges world leaders to declare a state of climate emergency
More than 70 world leaders were due to address the one-day virtual gathering aimed at building momentum for much steeper…
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Fears for polar bears as the Trump administration pushes ahead with oil drilling in Alaskan refuge
The administration of US President Donald Trump on Monday proposed allowing companies searching for oil and gas deposits in the…
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