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Can matchmaking save dormice from extinction?

Can matchmaking save dormice from extinction?

By Isobel Williams Conservationists have set up a dating agency for dormice to try and help the vulnerable species survive. The U.K.-based Wildwood Trust is gearing up to send 37 of the rodents back into the wild after a successful breeding season. Conservation officer Suzanne Kynaston says she

Kenya’s coast is the safari ending Americans keep missing

Americans already cross oceans for Kenya’s wildlife, but too many still plan as if the country ends at the edge of the bush. After days that start before sunrise, throwing dust into your hair and scanning every patch of grass for a flicker of movement, safari somehow keeps you

Scientist put sensors on sharks to help improve climate forecasts

Scientist put sensors on sharks to help improve climate forecasts

By Stephen Beech Sharks may help improve climate forecasts, according to a new study. Electronic tags fitted to the fearsome predators can serve as mobile sensors – collecting ocean climate data in regions that are difficult to observe using conventional methods, say scientists. Research demonstrated how animal-borne sensors can work

When you don’t have the facts, argue the law: How Trump’s EPA is limiting its own ability to protect public health far into the future

When you don’t have the facts, argue the law: How Trump’s EPA is limiting its own ability to protect public health far into the future

(BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA) As the Trump administration moves to weaken America’s air pollution rules, it is deploying new legal interpretations that are intended to tie the hands of future administrations for years to come. In practice, the changes limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act.

Report warns 1 in 6 plant species could be wiped out in 75 years

Report warns 1 in 6 plant species could be wiped out in 75 years

By Stephen Beech Up to one in six plant species could be wiped out within 75 years, warns a new study. Researchers found that 7% to 16% of global plant species studied are expected to lose more than 90% of their range by 2100 under current climate change projections. The

Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish

Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish

Mounds of slimey carcasses pile up on a riverbank in Jakarta where authorities are fighting an uphill battle against a fast-breeding invasive fish flourishing in Java island's heavily polluted waterways. The sapu-sapu, a sucking fish introduced from South America decades ago to keep Southeast Asian aquariums

Colombian ex-fisherman swaps trade for saving Caribbean coral

Colombian ex-fisherman swaps trade for saving Caribbean coral

Yerson Granados used to fish off Colombia's Caribbean coast for a living, but when he discovered the havoc he was wreaking on coral reefs, he changed his ways. The 56-year-old from the city of Santa Marta now earns his keep saving coral, which is vital for