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How tiny 'backpacks' and sniffer dogs could save hedgehogs from extinction
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (782+ words) Hedgehog "backpacks" and a specially trained detection dog could be the key to protecting the tiny mammal as its population continues to fall across Europe. A recently launched tracking project sees a small GPS device attached to a hedgehog's spine…...
Controversial weekend activity banned on Aussie lake after rare discovery
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (615+ words) The sudden arrival of extraordinary numbers of protected birds at a popular Australian lake has led to a ban on duck shooting on its waters. Relief has spread around the communities surrounding Tower Hill's wetland, as locals feared the 275 brightly-coloured…...
Environmental disaster: Miners fresh blow
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (326+ words) The UK Court of Appeal has ruled BHP cannot challenge a decision holding it liable for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil more than a decade ago. Nineteen people were killed when a tailings dam attached to an iron mine…...
Fifty-year farming legacy destroyed as rising threat decimates Aussie properties: 'Left with nothing"
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (581+ words) After five decades running his daffodil farm, Rob Endersby saw everything he had built slowly destroyed. Herds of feral deer gradually overran the property, trampling crops, ripping bulbs from the soil, and subsequently wiping out his income. With no effective…...
Call for change after invasive pest's island 'massacre' near popular hotels: 'Enough is enough"
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (456+ words) The broken bodies of 168 nesting birds have been collected from the shores of an island that's infested with feral cats. "This is a pretty big kill," ecologist Dr Andre Raine told Yahoo News. He and a colleague ventured onto Shipwreck…...
Radical plan to eradicate invasive pests on eight Aussie islands: 'Damaging"
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (680+ words) Australia's islands offer an incredible once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle some of the most destructive pests before they become out of control. The Invasive Species Council has highlighted eight destinations where the removal of just one invasive pest species could yield…...
Birut" Galdikas: The last of "Leakey's Angels' in primatology's most extraordinary chapter
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (861+ words) Primatologist Birut" Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity's closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming quietly to a close. Her passing…...
Hawk mistakes golf balls in Nevada backyard for eggs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (51+ words) Yahoo News Australia A homeowner in Reno, Nevada has been recording a hawk visiting their backyard since earlier this month. In footage released on April 24, the hawk is seen confusing golf balls in a putting green in the backyard for…...
Rare recording on outback listening device as feral predator "plague" grows: "Danger zone"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (536+ words) A new group of rare night parrots has been located in Australia's outback, but there are fears a "plague" of invasive predators could kill them off. Before 2013, the elusive bird species was believed to be extinct as it hadn't been…...
Five beavers transform their new Sussex 'paradise"
2+ week, 3+ day ago (335+ words) Beavers recently released in East Sussex woodland have already made an "incredible" difference to its ecosystem, those responsible for the project have said. Five beavers, a mother and four kits, are relishing life after being transported from Scotland to Bowyers…...