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Quoll and possum species brought back from local extinction in the Ikara-Flinders ranges – video

admin — Sun, 25 May 2025 00:07:16 +0000

Ten years after the reintroduction of western quolls and brushtail possums into the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park, rangers say populations of the once-locally extinct mammals are flourishing. In a joint effort between Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species and the South Australian government, the animals live in 'safer havens' in the park where predator numbers have been reduced

Australia news live: Littleproud says ‘I don’t care’ if Coalition split costs him Nationals leadership; eight-year-old girl in critical condition after being hit by SUV in Sydney

admin — Sat, 24 May 2025 23:24:20 +0000

The Nationals leader says the split from the Liberals was a ‘principled decision’ that he was proud of. Follow the day’s news live

NSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and maps

What are public parks for? Inside the debate sparked by London festival row

admin — Sat, 24 May 2025 12:03:22 +0000

Differing interpretations of public access rights are at heart of Brockwell case pitting campaign group against festival fans

Public parks have been a cherished part of British life since the 19th century; for the Victorians they represented a “commitment to cultivate public good within the public realm”.

But differing interpretations of this vision for municipal green space are at the heart of a debate over a very 21st-century issue: music festivals.

I’m feasting on the contents of hedgerows like a horse in plimsolls – and I’ve never felt so healthy | Nell Frizzell

admin — Sat, 24 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Nettles, hedge garlic, sticky weed: Britain in May is a lush salad bar that I can’t resist, and it’s doing wonders for my skin

I had a daughter during one of the bone-cold early months of this year, which means that my full-time job is now to produce a yield. Between the hours of dawn and midnight, with a few lactic minutes in between, I am a feeding machine for a new person.

Scientists seek to save Florida’s dying reefs with hardy nursery-grown coral

admin — Sat, 24 May 2025 10:00:57 +0000

Reefs off the Keys have lost 90% of healthy coral cover in 40 years, but replanting effort aims to make reef more resilient

A taskforce of experts looking into the mass bleaching and decline of Florida’s delicate coral reefs is planting more than 1,000 nursery-grown juveniles from the reef-building elkhorn species in a new effort to reverse the tide of destruction.

Zoo welfare standards for Britain get first update since 2012

admin — Sat, 24 May 2025 06:00:53 +0000

New rules for zoos and aquariums include guidance on elephant enclosures and ban on touching fish

Zoos will be obliged to boost conservation efforts and improve animal welfare under the first revision of mandatory standards for the sector in more than a decade.

Under the update to the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain, last set out in 2012, elephants will need to be kept in larger enclosures and birds of prey must be kept in large aviaries rather than being tethered.

Labour MPs press for right to roam policy in England after supreme court ruling

admin — Sat, 24 May 2025 06:00:51 +0000

Backbencher says ‘it’s time to resolve the issues of access to the English countryside once and for all’

Labour backbenchers are pressing the government to revive a right to roam policy in England after a supreme court ruling enshrined the right to wild camp on Dartmoor.

Cub found alone in US woods now being raised by wildlife staff in bear costumes

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 21:11:40 +0000

Two-month-old black bear, who was starving in a California forest, is youngest cub the San Diego center has cared for

Human bears, some would say, are taking care of a two-month-old cub that spent days without his mother, starving in a California forest.

Trump signs executive orders to spur US ‘nuclear energy renaissance’

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 20:26:00 +0000

President aims to construct new nuclear reactors as he implements his own energy policies and undoes Joe Biden’s

Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Friday intended to spur a “nuclear energy renaissance” through the construction of new reactors he said would satisfy the electricity demands of data centers for artificial intelligence and other emerging industries.

Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 18:17:40 +0000

MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

Providing every new home with at least one “swift brick” to help endangered cavity-nesting birds has been rejected by Labour at the committee stage of its increasingly controversial planning bill.