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September 11, 2025

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands

DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinkingIsland-dwelling insects have not been...

September 01, 2025

‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive

Conservationists hope that in 15 years species will no longer be at risk of extinction in Mexico - but challenges remainIn 2010, Gerardo Ceballos and...

August 18, 2025

‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town

For more than two months, the bright orange butterflies have been descending on Nannup in WA’s south-west, attracted by invasive plant species

August 13, 2025

Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species

Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in natureEngland needs a massive “collective...

August 06, 2025

Tasmanian trainer fined $2,000 for animal cruelty after repeatedly whipping racehorse

Magistrate Evan Hughes said trainer Liandra Gray had already experienced a form of punishment from ‘unwanted media attention’ over the case

August 06, 2025

Research into Australian skinks’ resistance to snake venom could streamline design of antivenoms

Changes to a critical muscle receptor confers immunity in a fashion similar to that of the mongoose, which is resistant to cobra venom

August 01, 2025

Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project

Isotopes can be detected at airports and borders even in large containers and are harmless to the animalsA South African university has launched an...

July 31, 2025

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

Animals Articles

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands

‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive

‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town

Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species

Tasmanian trainer fined $2,000 for animal cruelty after repeatedly whipping racehorse

Research into Australian skinks’ resistance to snake venom could streamline design of antivenoms

Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia