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Academics in Mexico City are asking for donations to protect axolotls, an iconic fish-like type of salamander

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are based on erroneous science, my new research shows.

As predators at the top of the food chain, dolphins tend to accumulate and magnify high levels of toxins and other chemicals in their bodies. So health problems in dolphins can be a warning that all is not well in the system as a whole.

RSPB says figures distorted by failure to examine raptors caught in avian flu outbreak for signs of shooting or poisoning

Rare moment caught on camera as eastern black rhino delivers calf in daylight, boosting conservation efforts

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much we don’t know about them.

Experts at JBS7 in Thiruvananthapuram call for better understanding of jellyfish species in Indian waters for potential fisheries and sustainable resource mgmt. Mark J. Gibbons stresses importance of EAF to balance human needs with wider ecosystem. A. Biju Kumar underscores need for research into jellyfish diversity. Symposium to conclude on…

Bitterns are shy but make a 'remarkable' sound, conservationists say

More and more enthusiasts have fallen in love with this relative of garden dwellers, and are helping ocean science while they’re at it