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Man accused of hiding 10 live birds in his ‘bulge’ at the airport
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (104+ words) MIAMI (CNN) — A man is accused of trying to smuggle live birds through Miami International Airport in his underwear. Federal authorities said Alberto Hernandez Castillo, who is a legal permanent resident of the U.S., arrived from Cuba Sunday. Customs officers…...
‘Government clearly not listening’: Nature groups criticise lack of budget funding
30+ min ago (469+ words) A dedicated Government fund to save Ireland’s nature will be announced soon, Minister of State Christopher O’Sullivan has said. Confirmation of plans for the new Nature Restoration Fund came as it emerged that nature received hardly any additional funding in…...
World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (678+ words) Almost two-thirds of the population of chinstrap penguins have disappeared from a remote volcanic island near Antarctica, aerial surveys suggest. Zavodovski Island was home to the largest penguin colony in the world, but researchers who carried out the surveys say…...
WOTUS Comment Period Nears October Deadline
21+ hour, 33+ min ago (498+ words) The record is already large. During the first comment period, which closed on January 5, 2026, the agencies received over 220,000 public comments from stakeholders. That figure confirms high public and institutional interest, but it does not by itself show what position commenters…...
Biodiversity articles from across Nature Portfolio
2+ week, 1+ day ago (370+ words) Biodiversity is the variation in living forms and can be measured in ways that include the number of species, functional variety of species, evenness of species distribution or genetic diversity. Biodiversity science investigates levels of biodiversity, its functional effects, and…...
Why rediscovering extinct species can actually be a bad thing
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (920+ words) Putting a price tag on nature failed. Can radical tactics save it? New Scientist spoke with Humphreys about why we need to stop thinking in terms of a species being either extinct or not, and instead take a more nuanced…...
Cameraless photography creates unique images of environmental change
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (187+ words) Alison Flood is New Scientist’s comment and culture editor. She has a degree in English literature from the University of Cambridge and was previously books writer for The Guardian. She is judging the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2024, chairs…...
More Than 18,000 Wildlife Species Populate Joel Sartore’s Ambitious ‘Photo Ark’ (So Far!)
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (94+ words) In addition to her role as editor for Colossal, Kate Mothes is an independent, semi-nomadic contemporary art writer, curator, and organizer based most of the time in the Upper Midwest. She ran Young Space from 2014 to 2026, is the founder and…...
Title: I Visited India’s Lion Safari in Etawah, and It’s Wilder Than Africa | by Arun kushwaha | Oct, 2026
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (278+ words) Title: I Visited India’s Lion Safari in Etawah, and It’s Wilder Than Africa Everyone goes to Africa for a Lion Safari. But I found a place in India that is bigger and cheaper than Africa. It's called Etawah Lion Safari,…...
Who took sign for Porcupine Mountains State Park? DNR seeks public's help
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (200+ words) The entrance sign at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park was stolen sometime between Saturday night, Oct. 3, and early Sunday morning, Oct. 4. ONTONAGON, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is asking for the public's help in locating a stolen…...