Alligators create hotspots for life by digging holes with their snouts
11 June 2023
Alligator ponds have a greater diversity and abundance of plants and animals compared with the surrounding marsh, and offer aquatic refuge in dry months
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Newt-sniffing dog called Freya is helping to locate elusive amphibians
7 June 2023
Great crested newts live mostly underground, so they’re tricky to find – a researcher trained her dog, Freya, to detect the threatened amphibians deep in the soil with more than 87 per cent accuracy
A wolf-dog hybrid has been confirmed in India for the first time
28 May 2023
A strange canine was spotted in a pack of wolves near Pune in western India, but it stood out for its lighter coat and dog-like facial features. It was confirmed to be a wolf-dog hybrid through genetic sequencing
China reclaims pandas from US zoos – is the panda politics era over?
17 March 2023
Most of the contracts loaning giant pandas to US zoos are expiring without extensions – some say this could be a reflection of rising tensions between the US and China, though others suggest it may be coincidence
Australia’s rarest bird of prey is disappearing faster than we thought
17 March 2023
Just 44 years ago, red goshawks were found along Australia’s eastern coastline. But the copper-feathered predators are now missing from 34 per cent of their former range
There may be just 800 of these endangered eagles left in the wild
4 March 2023
Philippine eagles are one of the largest living eagle species and require a huge territory to thrive. A mapping project found that there may be fewer than a thousand individuals left
Seabird discovered by science this year may be critically endangered
22 March 2022
Scientists estimate there are just 100 to 1000 breeding pairs of New Caledonia storm petrels, which have been identified on the South Pacific Ocean
Australia's unusual western swamp turtle is an oddity under threat
13 October 2021
The first analysis of species that have evolved in isolation for millions of years has found that many – including Australia’s western swamp turtle – are under threat
Endangered maleo bird of Indonesia bouncing back from the brink
30 July 2021
Maleos, colourful Indonesian birds that look a bit like quirky chickens, are endangered. But an initiative to protect the species has helped boost the number of nesting birds at some sites
Endangered possums find refuge in back gardens in Western Australia
27 October 2020
Western ringtail possums are critically endangered, and habitat loss has reduced their range – but now they have moved into residential urban gardens
