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Birds in North America will no longer be named after people

The American Ornithological Society said the decision was made ‘in an effort to address past wrongs’

The echinoderms more closely resemble disembodied heads than multi-limbed creatures, experts have discovered

Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals and an African icon, but they are also vulnerable to extinction.

Atlantic bluefin tuna used to be caught only relatively rarely, mainly by sports fishermen in North America. But this all changed in the 1950s when consumers of sushi, particularly in Japan, developed more of a taste for the species.

The fungi play a vital factor in the forest’s survival

London mayor says releasing animals into wild is environmentally sound and a Labour vote-winner

Japanese researchers track male streaked shearwater's incredible flight amid increasingly severe storms

Local residents discovered trapped whale ‘trailing two buoys, making unusual sounds and having trouble moving freely’

Crab-plover, a shore bird that lays eggs in self-excavated burrows, may soon be a resident species of the Indian subcontinent. Five burrow nests were found in an islet near Siruthalaikkadu of Great Vedaranyam Swamp, Tamil Nadu. Researchers found the species was initially believed to only breed in African eastern coast,…

New species of mushroom, Candolleomyces albosquamosus, found in Western Ghats, Kerala. Honey-yellow cap, white stem, grows to 58mm. Morphological & molecular studies confirm new species. Only 35 species of genus Candolleomyces worldwide. Plays important role in forest ecosystem. Specimens deposited in JNTBGRI.