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Necropsy reveals 80% of the thousands of songbirds that died suddenly showed typical signs of emaciation

• Birds ‘falling out of the sky’ in mass die-off in south-western US
• Read more in our series Biodiversity: what happened next?

The mass die-off of thousands of songbirds in south-western US was caused by long-term starvation, made worse by unseasonably cold weather probably linked to the climate crisis, scientists have said.

Flycatchers, swallows and warblers were among the migratory birds “falling out of the sky” in September, with carcasses found in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Nebraska. A USGS National Wildlife Health Center necropsy has found 80% of specimens showed typical signs of starvation.

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Researchers surprised by reappearance of species without aid of reintroduction scheme

Native oysters have unexpectedly returned to the shores of Belfast Lough after more than 100 years, researchers have discovered – though scientists are still unsure how they got there.

Ostrea edulis, the European flat oyster, is listed as threatened and/or declining by the Ospar conservation scheme and is the focus of numerous biodiversity projects around Europe. But now it has impressed scientists by establishing itself in Belfast Lough without the aid of a reintroduction programme.

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Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities

Brazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government’s plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway through a biodiverse corner of the Amazon along the border with Peru that is home to at least three indigenous communities.

The planned road is an extension of the BR-364, a 2,700-mile highway that links São Paulo with the Amazon state of Acre, and would connect the town of Cruzeiro do Sul with the Peruvian border town of Pucallpa.

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Lewis Hamilton isn't just the world's most successful F1 driver, he's also a key backer of a new off-road electric vehicle racing series called Extreme E.

Record-breaking astronaut Scott Kelly talks about living in space and his desire to go back.

The good projects have already been identified and interest rates are low. We could speed up the electricity transition by decades. Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Officials seek a criminal probe after photos of 540 deer and boar corpses are shared on social media.

Five of the animals are reportedly already dead, with coastguard operation under way

A group of whales have been washed up on a beach in east Yorkshire.

According to the Yorkshire Examiner, nine whales have been washed up on a beach between Tunstall and Withernsea.

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Canadian government’s speed restrictions are not enough to prevent deaths of endangered animals, researchers say

For North Atlantic right whales, collisions with large cargo vessels are one of the deadliest threats to an endangered population. But new research from Canada has found even under the government’s current maritime speed restrictions, strikes are likely to be fatal.

In a new paper published in Marine Mammal Science, biologists found that collisions between large vessels and whales at a speed of just 10 knots had an 80% chance of producing a fatality.

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The winners and runners-up of this year’s competition, announced at the recent Nature Talks photo festival in the Netherlands

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Donations from individuals and charities to green causes more than double since 2016

Philanthropic donations to environmental causes have more than doubled in value in the UK as the climate crisis and unprecedented biodiversity loss attract increasing attention from individuals and charities.

The amounts of money given to support efforts to tackle climate change and nature loss range from £5,000 to millions of pounds, and the focus of the funding is as broad.

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Holiday Scott wearing his Hawaiian shirk. lol shirk!

Harried Henry the hose hating hartebeest.

Ian the Climate Denialist Potato.

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Never! He is just getting started! He's working on his coup right now and he will win argle blargle praise the lord!

He is - It is over he just doesn't realise it yet which makes it even funnier. Unless it isn’t.

Yes because 10,000 antifa raccoons and a skunk are about to storm the White House that will fix him.

Not sure - meet me at Four Seasons landscaping and we can discuss it.

Hive of border collies and he was licked to death.

Previously undiscovered racist dinosaur (now working at News Corp).

Previously undiscovered wombat adjacent creature?

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It’s going great.

Boris!

Help!

IT IS TRUE.

IT IS FALSE.

Shut up you wordy twat.

You just make these words up half the time it’s not on.

Bats are the only mammals capable of continuous flight.

After human beings, the bat is the pope's favourite mammal.

One in five mammals on Earth is a bat.

Without bats there would be no tequila.

That was a guano of a year wasn’t it. A lot of people didn't have a good 2020 but some did! Was it…

One cartoon this year suggested some nice things folks might do help them cope with Covid lockdown. Which is my personal favourite suggestion?

Think about vegetables for a bit - they are AMAZING! how can vegetables help you today? - How can you help vegetables? The road to happiness runs through a veggie patch.

Every day in every way work ceaselessly to dismantle white supremacist patriarchal capitalism and support your comrades in the struggle.

Exercise and sleep are good and important for happiness- but you know that - try not to give yourself such a hard time about everything - you're doing the best that you can.

Read an adorable book about climate change for younger readers (10-14) written by a penury afflicted yet beloved children’s author/cartoonist.

This year Brenda the civil disobedience penguin engaged in loads of different wildly unsuccessful civil disobedience which was the most successful?

Helping the fig that nobody gives

Participating in a convoy

Protesting in space

Ignoring the surveillance state

One bandicoot can dig more than 40 snoot holes an hour. At around 500 snoot holes a night that's 13 kg of dirt every evening! Almost 5 tonnes a year per bandicoot.

They make nests which are built with leaf litter and soil and sometimes feature a hollow nesting chamber. The bandicoots in our backyard moved into a rabbit burrow.

Bandicoot snoot holes break through the hard ground to let water, seeds and nutrients in. They reduce fires by lowering fuel loads and spread important fungi that help plants deal with crappy Australian soils.

Australia’s 8th Prime Minister James Scullin had a pet bandicoot named Monty.

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Regulators trigger Retailer Reliability Obligation for the very first time, acting to fill a generation shortfall to be left by closure of Liddell.

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Regulators trigger Retailer Reliability Obligation for the very first time, acting to fill a generation shortfall to be left by closure of Liddell.

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In the area of carbon neutrality, green energy and water services for companies, the existing market potential is outstanding, and the development prospects are excellent. To realize this potential, we are looking for you as a new member of our dynamic and international team. You report directly to the head of department.

The existing market potential for carbon neutrality, green energy and water services for companies is outstanding and the prospect of development is excellent. To realize this potential, we are looking for you as a new member to join our dynamic and international team. You will report directly to the head of department.

Since the Duck problem originates on the rooftops of individual households, it makes sense to solve the problem there, behind the meter.

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