Image shows the newly discovered beetle species Dorynota phoenix, undated photo. It was almost destroyed in a fire at the Brazilian National Museum in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2018. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Boffins Discover Unknown Beetle Among Historical Items Which Escaped Devastating Museum Fire

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:August 27, 2023

Scientists examining one of the few items to have escaped a devastating fire that destroyed a spectacular museum collection have discovered a previously unknown species of insect. The Brazilian National…

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Image shows plants at the Andes, undated photo. A team of researchers from Vienna, Austria, showed that plant species are spreading to higher elevations, while more and more ancestral mountain plants are being displaced, including by species from Europe in the South American Andes. (Harald Pauli, OeAW/Newsflash)

Manmade Global Warming Displacing Rare Mountain Plants, Boffins Warn

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:August 25, 2023

Manmade global warming is causing more and more plant species to migrate to the high Andes and displace rare mountain plants, boffins have revealed. According to a study recently published…

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Picture shows a Hoan Kiem turtle (Rafetus leloii) being released in Dong Mo Lake, Hanoi, undated. An endangered Hoan Kiem Turtle, among the last of its kind in the world, has died, in April, 2023. (Newsflash)

One Of Last Three Of World’s Rarest Turtles Dies

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:May 1, 2023

One of three of the world's rarest surviving turtles has been found dead in the wild, it has emerged. The critically endangered Swinhoe’s Softshell turtle was reportedly found dead at…

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Picture shows spider found in a cave, undated. Researchers from the Humboldt Institute managed to enter a remote and unexplored area of Caqueta, Colombia, where they found cave-dwelling species, some of which could be new. (Felipe Villegas, Humboldt Institute/Newsflash)

Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:April 19, 2023

Researchers in Colombia may have discovered never-before-seen species living inside a remote and untouched cave. Expert teams from Germany's Humboldt Institute and La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche found various species of…

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Picture shows a severed wolf's head near the Nabu species protection center in Leiferde, Germany on Friday, April 7, 2023. Police officers examined the head along with a wolf expert. (@wildes_leben_in_sachsen_anhalt/CEN)

Walkers Find Severed Wolf’s Head In Middle Of Road

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:April 18, 2023

WARNING: GRAPHIC AND DISTRESSING CONTENT This is the gruesome discovery made by nature lovers who found a severed wolf's head outside the headquarters of a wildlife organisation. The head was…

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Picture shows some of the released tortoises (Chelonidis hoodensis) in Galapagos, Ecuador, undated. Eighty-six tortoises part captive breeding program, closed in 2021 reached the conditions of ideal morphometric measures to incorporate into their natural habitat. (Parque Nacional Galapagos/Newsflash)

Conservation Win As 86 Giant Tortoises Introduced On Galapagos Island

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:April 15, 2023

This heartwarming footage shows how conservationists released 86 young giant tortoises bred in captivity into their natural habitat in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is the…

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Image shows snail shells of the Columbella species, undated photo. People used snail shells as jewellery 45,000 years ago, Austrian researchers claim. (Marjolein D. Bosch/OeAW)

Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:April 9, 2023

Sea snail shells discovered during excavation work in Lebanon had been taken there to be used as jewellery some 45,000 years ago. The fact that the items were so used…

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Photo shows corals allegedly affected by a ship, undated. A Cuban ship named "Melody" loaded with porphyrite, allegedly affected an area of protected corals in Puerto Morelos, Mexico. (Newsflash)

Giant Tanker Rips Through Marine Reserve

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 28, 2023

A tanker loaded with 20,000 tonnes of rocks has been accused of damaging a pristine coral reef as it sailed to Mexico. Furious environmentalists say the ship damaged the protected…

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Image shows Asiatic lions, undated photo. Big cats at Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, will receive a new enclosure in April 2025. (Zoo Zurich, Jeanette Steiner/Newsflash)

Big Cats New Enclosure At Swiss Zoo Will Simulate Hunting Environment To Support Animals’ Natural Behaviour

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 22, 2023

Big cats at a Swiss zoo will have access to a hunting ground to help them feel more at home after the construction of their brand-new enclosure concludes two years…

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Image shows a palaeoreconstruction of the Solnhofen Archipelago 150 million years ago showing Protospinax annectans and the Jurassic ray Asterodermus platypterus, undated photo. Researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria, found out that the Jurassic shark was very developed. (Manuel Andreas Staggl/Newsflash)

Ray Of Light On Jaws’ 150-Million-Year-Old Ancestor

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 6, 2023

Evolutionary biologists have apparently solved the mystery of the missing link between modern-day sharks and rays. A new study of fossils dating back 150 million years of a Jurassic fish…

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