Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime
Shark fins on a plane, seahorses in your bag and sea cucumbers in the post –…
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Q&A with Claudia Pearson
We sat down with illustrator and textile designer Claudia Pearson to learn more about her eponymous…
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Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items
When the team returned to the sites, they determined which decorations had been selected from the…
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NParks receives average of more than 800 pet parrot-related feedback cases annually
An average of more than 800 feedback cases involving pet parrots were received by the National…
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AVS advises against free-flying parrots outdoors due to safety concerns
As parrots become more popular as pets in Singapore, authorities are discouraging owners from allowing their…
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Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution
From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of…
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De-extinction company says it’s made an artificial egg – if true, it could help save living species
Today’s announcement by Texas-based de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences about a successful hatching of chicks from an…
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Maybe you shouldn’t own small pets #shorts
We hate to break it to you, but your small pet is probably miserable. Each year,…
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Wasps and frogs keep evolving a crucial pain molecule in their venom. Now we know why
The next time you stub your toe, get pricked with a needle, or have your fingers…
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Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away
For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right…
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Pets suffer in extreme heat. An animal welfare expert explains how we can help them
The multi-day heatwave conditions have arrived this summer, with temperatures soaring past 45°C in some regions….
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As Australia bakes through an extreme heatwave, even insects aren’t immune to its impact
Australia is baking through another extreme heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple…
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Can birds of prey be trained to prevent aviation accidents? | Focus on Europe
In the west of France, birds of prey are trained to provide more flight safety. They…
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Trump LOSING IT As Shoppers & Stats Reveal His Economic Disaster
Get paid to use your phone less! Switch to Noble Mobile today: https://go.tyt.com/mobile Soaring grocery bills,…
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The 2025 WooCommerce holiday gift guide
For the past four years, we’ve curated a gift guide to feature some awesome Woo stores,…
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Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring
The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in…
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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
For many years the Christmas Island shrew prospered. When European naturalists first visited Christmas Island in…
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Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats
Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability…
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Warn, hide or stand out? How colour in the animal world is a battle for survival
The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of…
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How do flowers know it’s spring? A botanist explains
So most plants measure day length using a green pigment called phytochrome (literally plant colour). This…
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The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands
Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new…
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Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make themselves more colourful
Birds are perhaps the most colourful group of animals, bringing a splash of colour to the…
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New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them
Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on…
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The southern hemisphere is full of birds found nowhere else on Earth. Their importance has been overlooked
The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one…
