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Third of all UK honeybee hives wiped out in wet winter
ByFloraGraham(Image:StephenDalton/Naturepl.com)ThislonelybeewillbebuzzingsoloafterBritishhoneybeessufferedtheirworstwinterlossessincerecordsbeganin2007.TheBritishBeekeepersAssociationsaysthatathirdo...
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Turtle conservationist murdered in Costa Rica
ByPeterAldhous(Image:Ch.Figgener)Update:EightpeoplewerearrestedinconnectiontoJairoMoraSandoval’smurderon31July.Investigatorshavedescribedthesuspectsasmembersofalocalcriminalgangandsuggestedthatt...
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Cod comeback as North Sea stocks start to recover
ByDeboraMacKenzie(Image:KathydeWitt/Alamy)Callitacodcomeback...
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Carbon emissions helping to make Earth greener
ByFredPearce(Image:EarthObservatory/NASA)THEplanetisgettinglusher...
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Old smartphones called in to save Indonesian forests
ByCatFerguson(Image:YusufAhmad/Reuters)ACHAINSAWrevsinaremoteswatheoftheIndonesianrainforest.Withinminutes...
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Farmed fish overtakes farmed beef for first time
ByMichaelMarshall(Image:JasonHawkes/Getty)Cowshavebeenovertakenbyfish.Forthefirsttimeinmodernhistory...
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Prehistoric armoured fish had the world's first abs
ByMichaelMarshallAbdominalmusclesaresuchagoodideatheyevolvedtwice.Wethoughtthatthespecialisedstomachmuscleswereuniquetolandanimals...
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60 Seconds
WomenofallagescannowbuyPlanBemergencycontraceptionwithoutaprescriptionintheUS.TheObamaadministrationdecidedonMondaytodropitslengthyfighttokeepagerestrictionsonthedrug.Previouslyonlywomenaged17andoverc...
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Central Europe floods portend a wet future
ByMichaelMarshallThefloodscausinghavocacrossmuchofcentralEuropeareaportentofthingstocomeasthecontinent’sclimategetsstormier.IntheGermantownofPassau...
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Mon dieu! French wine is from Italy
ByDeboraMacKenzie(Image:MichelSpingler/AP/PA)FRENCHwineisrenowned.ButParisianswouldbeshockedbythewinetheirancestorsstartedoutmakingaround500BC:itwasanItalianwhite.PatrickMcGovernoftheUniversityof...
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Snow sensing helps predict water shortages
ByPaulMarks(Image:NASAJPL/CalTech)“OURwatersupplyisalwaysunderthreat.”LikemostfarmersinCalifornia’sfertileSanJoaquinvalley...
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Silent forests are bad news for the trees
BySaraReardonThepalmforestsofsouthernBrazilappearhealthy...
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Is this the ancestor of all primates?
ByMichaelMarshall(Image:PaulTafforeau(ESRF)andXijunNi(ChineseAcademyofSciences))Couldthistinyanimal...
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Zoologger: Bees create nest-quakes to warn of danger
ByMichaelMarshall(Image:VisualsUnlimited/Naturepl.com)Species:ApisdorsataHabitat:PerformingMexicanwavesalongwayawayfromMexico...
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Battle Los Angeles: the fight to stop urban fracking
ByPeterAldhous(Image:CenterforBiologicalDiversity)PrepareforafightoverfrackingforblackgoldintheGoldenState.Californiaisemergingasthenewbattlegroundoverthefrackingprocess–inwhichwater...
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'Dawn bird' sees Archaeopteryx return to bird fold
ByEloiseKohler(Image:ThierryHubin/IRSNB)Theoriginoffeatheredflightisoneofthosethingsthatscientistsjustcannotseemtopindown.Onedaythemostfamousflyingdinosaur–Archaeopteryx–isadirectancestorofallmoder...
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Monsanto modified wheat mystery deepens in Oregon
TALKaboutabsentwithoutleave.UnauthorisedgeneticallymodifiedwheathasbeendiscoveredgrowingonafarminOregonnineyearsafteraresearchprogrammewasabandoned.Howitgotthereisamystery.GMwheathasnotbeenclearedforc...
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Starfish sacrifice arms to beat the heat
ByZoeCormierYoucantellwhenastarfishistoohot–itlosesanarm.Theremarkablebehaviourispartofasurprisingstrategythatmayallowtheanimalstosurviveinwarmerwatersthanpreviouslythoughtpossible.Ecologiststendtothi...
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US emissions hit first low since mid-1990s
HAStheUSpeaked?ThelatestdatafromtheInternationalEnergyAgency(IEA)showsitsemissionsfellby3.8percentin2012...
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Beavers are born to bite wood, not people
BySimonJones(Image:SteveGardner/ScottishBeaverTrial)Theheadline“beaverkillsman”isnotoneyouwillseeveryoften.ItappearedrecentlyafterawildbeaverattackedandkilledananglerinBelarus–aneventthatisbothtra...
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How the cold war spawned the environmental movement
ByFredPearceCherishingnaturewasaspin-offfromthedesiretoturnittomilitaryends(Image:KennethGarrett/NGS/Getty)IHAVEoftenwonderedwhyNATOholdsenvironmentconferences.NowIknowtheanswer.Backinthe1960s...
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Mind-reading monkey brains look similar to ours
MONKEYSmayhaveaprimitiveversionofthehumanabilitytoputourselvesinanother’sshoes.Intelligentanimalssuchasapescanintuitothers’intentions...
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Acidifying seawater sees oysters in race to grow shells
ByColinBarras(Image:SamHodgson/BloombergviaGettyImages)(Image:courtesyofGeorgeWaldbusserandElizabethBrunner;OregonStateUniversity)Badnewsforoysterlovers.Astheoceanacidifies...
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Neonicotinoid pesticides are bad news for everything
IT’Snotjustthebeesandtheirilk.Neonicotinoidinsecticideswereknowntoharmimportantpollinators...
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Heroic and humble quests for overlooked animals
ByAdrianBarnettThrillofthechase:itisnowillegaltohuntandkeepwildlifeintheUK(Image:GettyImages/ImageSource)Twobookstellofverydifferentnaturehunts–foranelusiveSomalimammalandforBritishreptilesandam...
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Brazil's mega power line threatens Amazon's top reserve
POWERtothepeople–butwhataboutthewildlife?ApowerlinethreatenstocutaswathethroughBrazil’sAmazon...
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Tumbling weeds: The rolling invasion of the US
ByRowanHooper(Image:DianeCookandLenJenshel/cookjenshel.com)THISiswhatanalieninvasionlookslike.GiantballsoftumbleweedarecausingproblemsacrossthewesternUS...
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Massive 'ocean' discovered towards Earth's core
STILLwatersrundeep.Areservoirofwaterthreetimesthevolumeoftheworld’soceanshasbeenfoundtowardsEarth’score.Itcouldexplainwheretheseascamefrom.Thewaterishiddeninabluerockcalledringwooditethatlies700kilome...
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Track every single fishing boat to preserve the ocean
ByAndyCoghlanSavetheoceansineightnot-so-easysteps.That’stheplansetoutbytheGlobalOceanCommission(GOC)...
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Fog catchers pull water from air in Chile's dry fields
ByAleszuBajak(Image:IsifaImageServices.r.o./Alamy)WHEREthecoldwatersoftheHumboldtcurrentmeetthedryhotairalongnorthernChile...
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Neonicotinoid pesticides are bad news for everything
ByDeboraMacKenzieIt’snotjustthebeesandtheirilk.Neonicotinoidinsecticideswereknowntoharmimportantpollinators...
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Global warming will serve up more pea-soupers
ByAndyCoghlan(Image:Blackstation/Getty)Stubbornurbansmogswillbecomeacommonrealityiftheworldkeepswarming...
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Compassion in conservation: Don't be cruel to be kind
ByMarcBekoffandDanielRamp(Image:AndrzejKrauze)EARLIERthisyear...
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First predator fish crushed armoured prey in its jaws
ENTERthehunter.AnextinctfishcalledMegamastax...
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Weird organisms emerge from the deep, dark biosphere
ByCatherineBrahicinSacramento(Image:AndyFisher/WHOI)THEstrangeorganismsthatekeoutalivingdeepbeneathourfeetarefinallybeingrevealedbygenetics.Manyofthemaresmall...
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Solving spider mysteries in the Peruvian Amazon
ByNadiaDrake(Image:LaryReeves)WHYdosomespidersbuilddecoysintheirownimageintheirwebs?ThebehaviourhasbeenspottedinMadagascar...
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Zoologger: Old magpies get wise to freeloading cuckoos
ByMichaelSlezak(Image:FLPA/REX)Species:PicapicaHabitat:almostallofEuropeandmuchofAsia...
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Why Illinois has banned exfoliating face washes
ByLaurenHitchings(Image:PierreBourrier/GettyImages)Theworld’swaterisawashwithtinybitsofplastic.AnewreportfromtheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeestimatesthatthisplasticwastedamagesmarineecosystems...
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Bacterial suspects identified in Caribbean coral deaths
ByMichaelMarshall(Image:StephenFrink/Corbis)ThreebacteriaseemtoberesponsibleforadiseasethathaskilledmostoftheCaribbean’sreef-buildingcorals.Whitebanddiseasecausestheouterlayerofcoralstoturnwhiteandp...
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Global warming will serve up more pea-soupers
HOLDyourbreath.Stubbornurbansmogswillbecomeacommonrealityiftheworldkeepswarming...
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The most polluted rivers and streams in Europe
ByAndyCoghlanEurope’sriversareawashwithorganicchemicalsthatcankillorsubtlyharmaquaticlife...
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Study attacking genetically modified food republished
ByAndyCoghlanandDeboraMacKenzieIt’sback.AcontroversialstudypurportingtoshowthatgeneticallymodifiedfoodcauseshealthproblemswasrepublishedthisweekinthejournalEnvironmentalSciencesEurope(DOI:10.1186/...
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Talking dolphins and the love story that wasn't
ByLewisDartnellMargaretHowehadsomesuccessinteachinglanguagetoPeterthedolphin(Image:TheJohnLillyEstate)TheGirlWhoTalkedtoDolphinsexploresa1960sprojecttoteachadolphinEnglish...
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Solving spider mysteries in the Peruvian Amazon
ByNadiaDrakeinPeru(Image:NadiaDrake)(Image:LaryReeves)Deepinthejungle...
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Unique California dataset links pesticides to autism
LIGHTthebluetouchpaperandstandback.Theautismdebateisabouttocatchfireagain.Childrenofwomenincontactwithorganophosphatepesticidesduringpregnancywere54percentmorelikelytodevelopautismspectrumdisorderstha...
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Zoologger: The fish that can vanish in 2 seconds flat
ByAgataBlaszczak-BoxeZoologgerisourweeklycolumnhighlightingextraordinaryanimals–andoccasionallyotherorganisms–fromaroundtheworldSpecies:Theslenderfilefish(Monacanthustuckeri)Habitat:Shallowwatersi...
