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War and economic crisis frustrate efforts to protect Iran’s rich but endangered wildlife
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (1089+ words) A few days after the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, Reza Kiamarzi decided to trek into the mountains outside his home city of Isfahan in southern Iran. A veterinarian and researcher on birds of prey, his mission…...
Canadian crew is first to see the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's last ship, Quest
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (523+ words) A small team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society have become the first people to lay eyes on Sir Ernest Shackleton's last ship since it sank in the Labrador Sea in 1962. John Geiger, the society's chief executive…...
A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong
1+ week, 4+ day ago (614+ words) This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration A scientist who decoded the vocalizations that a bird uses to communicate has won a $100,000 prize for making progress towards a world…...
Why two Edmonton locals are plotting a cross-country chase of a key migratory bird | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
2+ week, 4+ day ago (855+ words) The idea is that data gathered from the Whimbrels will indicate whether ecosystems along the path are struggling or thriving, depending on whether the birds avoid the area or stop to feed or breed. They’re hoping this information will help…...
More coral reefs may survive global heating than scientists once thought
2+ week, 5+ day ago (596+ words) This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration For years, the outlook for coral reefs has been increasingly bleak. Mass coral bleaching events caused by severe marine heatwaves have…...
Québec and Ottawa backtrack on protections of threatened fish
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) The governments of Québec and Canada have decided to cut back on measures to protect the copper redhorse, a species on the brink of extinction, Le Devoir has learned. One of those spawning grounds, considered the most important, is located…...
The birds’ beautiful season is back
2+ mon, 3+ hour ago (293+ words) May marks the height of the spring migration of the hundreds of millions of birds that come to breed in Quebec, often after travelling very long distances from their wintering grounds. It is a period eagerly awaited by amateur birders,…...
Protecting landscapes now that will matter for the future
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (929+ words) In southern Yukon, where the boreal forest slowly transitions to Arctic tundra, a small perennial herb clings valiantly to a windswept slope. Growing between the cracks of rocks, the rare Yukon Podistera plant traces its lineage back to the time…...
Nearly half of Italy’s wolves are part dog now. Is that a problem?
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (588+ words) This story was originally published by bioGraphic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration That’s a massive shift from the 1970s, when Luigi Boitani, now the chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Large Carnivore Initiative…...
Castles made of sand: parts of Nova Scotia are falling into the ocean
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1737+ words) Ralph Wardrope at his home in Milford, N.S., on May 24, 2025. Bass River is almost halfway between Truro and Parrsboro, NS, just off the Trunk 2 Highway on the banks of Cobequid Bay. Ralph Wardrope bought his property in Bass River from his…...