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Built in the 1980s, the Balbina Dam is one of dozens of large dams across rivers in the Amazon Basin. Such dams might leave behind seemingly green patches of forest, but our new research has shown these disconnected patches of forest are no longer able to support thriving ecosystems.

Today I learned cockatoos are smarter than people from Sydney.

All recreational and commercial beehives within an eradication zone around Coffs Harbour on NSW's north coast will be destroyed in the latest bid to contain the spread of varroa mite.

Durham Wildlife Trust, which managers the pond, says that the main cause of the pond being dry is a lack of rainfall, though a sluice gate had been "altered by a third party"

Dead gannets have been found on beaches and harbours around Ireland, with an expert calling for "urgent action" on the "awful" situation posing a real biosecurity threat

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Like our own fledglings, young barn owls are striking out on their own, with mixed success

Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiny Nevada snail half the size of a pea that is known to exist only in high-desert springs around a huge lithium mine planned near the Oregon state line

It will be released into Kuno National Park on September 17

A Southern California fish spotter on Sunday captured aerial footage showing a whale shark swimming lazily on the surface southeast of Santa Catalina Island.

Aileen McClenaghan said the whole pod was "wiped out" and supports Sea Shepherds call for dolphins to be protected

Sharks are some of the most ecologically important and most threatened animals on Earth. Recent reports show that up to one-third of all known species of sharks and their relatives, rays, are threatened with extinction. Unsustainable overfishing is the biggest threat by far.