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Seeing an animal in distress after disaster makes us want to help. But feeding them doesn’t always make the situation better.
A herder grazes cattle alongside wildlife in Samburu, Kenya.
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Conservation that places less emphasis on who may or may not use a piece of land could result in better outcomes for people and wildlife.
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About a third of Victoria’s land-based plants, animals and ecological communities face extinction. We look at what the political parties have promised ahead of the state election.
African civet.
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Ethiopia’s civet producers could benefit greatly if the industry were properly regulated and commercialised.
Honeybees are vital pollinators.
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The report results could help explain honeybee colony deaths.
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Brush turkeys, bats, and cockroaches are crucial for the environment – including our gardens. Each have fascinating ways of coping in wet weather.
The carcass of a Grévy’s zebra, an endangered species which exists only in the northern part of Kenya, where drought is ongoing.
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Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
An olive ridley swims Into the wild blue yonder.
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Standard marine protected areas with fixed boundaries can’t effectively shelter these ocean nomads.
Are fireworks really worth the panic and fear they cause for animals?
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A first of its kind study shows greylag geese are stressed by fireworks.
Chimpanzees are highly social but recent research suggests they can be with gorillas too.
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Friendships between these two very different primates likely outlasted your promise to be best buds forever with your school classmates.
Penguins are at risk as a warming climate affects sea ice in Antarctica.
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Emperor penguins survive in a ‘Goldilocks zone’ between too much sea ice and too little. Climate change is having an impact.
Zebras stand in a ranch in South Africa.
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Africa’s designated protected areas don’t handle shocks well - South Africa’s wildlife ranches offer lessons in resilience.
Scientists have used author Henry David Thoreau’s notes to inform studies of climate change in eastern Massachusetts.
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Journals, museum collections and other historical sources can provide valuable data for modern ecological studies. But just because a source is old doesn’t make it useful.
Shrubs and grasses growing in this post-fire forest offer abundant food for deer.
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Wildfires are remaking western US forests. Decisions about managing forests that have burned should factor in how fires change animal behavior and interactions between predators and prey.
Bombus lucorum white-tailed bumble bee foraging on Sea Holly.
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We take it for granted that we can compare multiple memories when faced with a tough choice. But not every animal’s mind works that way.
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Friendships are formed all across the animal kingdom and the ways in which they resemble human ones may surprise you.
An adult male Swainson’s hawk in flight
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Predators are often confused by large groups of prey animals. But not the Swainson’s hawk.
Streaked shearwater in flight
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A team of scientists used unique tracking data to study how streaked shearwaters fly into typhoons strong enough to destroy houses.
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Populations of Fleay’s barred frog in Australia’s ancient rainforests were decimated by the chytrid fungus. Now, the frogs have developed a natural resistance.
A raccoon with a fish at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Fla.
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The US Supreme Court opens its 2022-2023 term with a case that could greatly reduce federal protection for wetlands. Here is what makes these ecosystems valuable.