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Thousands of ladybirds wash up along Western Cape coast
10+ hour, 55+ min ago (360+ words) Thousands of ladybirds washed up along the high-tide mark at Strand beach, with similar sightings reported at Gordon’s Bay and Lamberts Bay. Thousands of ladybirds have washed up on beaches across the province, with large numbers found dead and others…...
5 Albino Red-Eared Slider Terrapins Rescued from West Coast Park
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (478+ words) UPDATED Oct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM Five albino red-eared sliders – a freshwater species commonly sold as pets – were rescued from rocks on the coast of West Coast Park on Sept 27. The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES) was alerted to the terrapins…...
Elusive and hauntingly beautiful: what it takes to photograph spirit bears in their wild natural environment
27+ min ago (319+ words) Graeme Green is a British journalist, travel writer, editor and photographer. His work has appeared in international publications, including The Guardian, BBC, CNN, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, British Journal of Photography, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Royal…...
Scientists Discover Two New Contenders for World’s Loudest Bird
1+ hour ago (389+ words) Two birds have just chimed in to an unusually noisy competition: the race to be considered the loudest bird in the world. The bare-throated bellbird and red-legged seriema can both produce calls that exceed 120 decibels, according to a new University…...
Pre-proposals sought for conservation grants through Eureka’s Sequoia Park Zoo
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (62+ words) Times-Standard The Sequoia Park Zoo Advisory Group’s Conservation Council is accepting pre-proposals for its 15th annual Conservation Grant Program. The council is soliciting for short pre-proposals to be submitted online now through Nov. 2,. Once reviewed and if accepted, applicants will be…...
Swallows and house martins have almost vanished from the ponds of a Czech town before October, when in many years they are still around, and an ornithologist says most migrants are already gone
55+ min ago (402+ words) Home - Environment - Swallows and house martins have almost vanished from the ponds of a Czech town before October, when in many years they are still around, and an ornithologist says most migrants are already gone Flocks were crossing the Dolní…...
Earth Again Conference 2026: Protecting biodiversity should go hand in hand with economic growth, says Satya Tripathy
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (397+ words) Bhubaneswar: Environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and economic development must be treated as interconnected issues rather than separate concerns, said Satya Tripathy, Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP), today on the concluding day of the three-day Earth…...
North Carolina NWTF Celebrates Public Land Success
51+ min ago (348+ words) This first phase permanently conserves 200 acres along the Tuckertown Reservoir. Three Rivers Land Trust will transfer ownership of this property to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, where it will remain part of North Carolina’s public game lands in perpetuity....
Peter Moore: Some of the rare birds of Colorado even have feathers
54+ min ago (345+ words) A piratic flycatcher was spotted in Yuma County at the end of September and birders flocked (har!) to catch a glimpse. This bird ordinarily hangs out in Central and South America, hence all the binoculars focused on the twig where…...