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A razorbill in Italian waters

Hundreds of razorbills have been turning up far from home in Italy

5 December 2022

Marine seabirds known as razorbills are usually found in cold, northern waters, but hundreds of them have been turning up underfed in Italy, and no one knows why


Tractors and lorries in the flooded streets of Bangalore

Bangalore floods highlight how cities must adapt to climate change

13 September 2022

Exceptionally heavy monsoon rains have been exacerbated by poor urban planning in the Indian tech hub, showing the need for improved water systems


Orange coral on a reef

Dimming the sun could save corals from bleaching and hurricanes

20 October 2017

Climate change will harm corals by overheating them and unleashing more violent hurricanes, but cooling the planet by geoengineering could reverse those effects


Atelopus ignescens, the rediscovered frog

Boy finds 'extinct' frog in Ecuador and helps revive species

7 July 2017

A citizen science prize of $1000 got one family looking for a once-common amphibian. Their rediscovery of it has led to tadpoles hatching in captivity


Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here

Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here

22 June 2017

The survival of ancient and unique species thriving in mountain lakes in central Italy have been threatened by a double whammy of a quake and climate change


Tanganyikan cichlid

Fish recognise friends and foes through their unique faces

14 June 2017

A cichlid in Africa’s Lake Tanganyika uses patterns of facial stripes to distinguish individuals and keep tabs on them


Cool retreats are needed to save giant panda from warmer weather

Cool retreats are needed to save giant panda from warmer weather

14 June 2017

Chinese mountains where pandas live are become too warm for these animals to live in happily, and a network of new chill-out zones may be their only chance


Hyalinobatrachium yaku is a newly discovered glass frog

See-through frog has heart you can see beating through its chest

25 May 2017

The beautiful Hyalinobatrachium yaku is a previously unknown glass frog from Ecuador, but its habitat is threatened by oil exploitation


Mass landfills are saving endangered vultures from extinction

Mass landfills are saving endangered vultures from extinction

18 May 2017

Endangered Egyptian vultures thrive near open garbage sites, which have helped some bounce back – but EU regulations threaten to shut the sites down


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