Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel
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‘Squashed poo’ a sign of water voles’ success
Signs suggest the water vole population on the Hogsmill River in Surrey has been reestablished.
‘Unprecedented’ rain kills four in Japan as thousands stranded at airport
Evacuation orders issued for 400,000 as torrential rains hit Chiba prefecture as flooding risks remain high despite rainfall easing At least four people died in eastern Japan after “unprecedented” heavy rain that left nearly 7,000 stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport,…
Indonesia wildfires threaten orangutans rescued from animal traffickers
Blaze fuelled by hot, dry and windy conditions comes within metres of West Kalimantan rehabilitation centre Orangutans rescued from wildlife traffickers face a new threat from the record number of fires that have broken out in Indonesia in recent weeks.…
South Africa school uses cattle dung to generate biogas for cooking meals
Women preparing meals for more than 1,000 students at Tiyani Secondary School in South Africa’s Limpopo province no longer rely only on firewood. Instead, much of the cooking is powered by biogas generated from cattle dung collected from Tiyani village.…
More people, farms, and drought could mean more elephant conflict in Southern Africa
A growing human population, expanding croplands, and drier conditions driven by climate change within protected areas could significantly intensify human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa, a recent study finds. Southern Africa is home to almost 300,000 African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana),…
From one deer’s DNA, a road map emerges to save an endangered Philippine species
The net fell with a dull thud. Abraham thrashed once, twice, then went still. A metal notcher clicked against the soft cartilage of his ear, snipping a tiny piece of tissue into ethanol. An antiseptic spray then hissed over the…
Romania shuts its last nuclear reactor as drought-hit Danube river drops to record low
Cernavoda shutdown poses immediate problems for Moldova, which relies on Romanian power to cover its own electricity shortages Romania has been forced to shut down the last working reactor at its only nuclear plant after drought caused the Danube river…
Maryland Breaks Heat-Related Death Record With Weeks of Summer to Go
Prolonged heatwaves are turning summers into deadly heat traps, with the very young and the elderly hit the hardest. By Aman Azhar Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of…
You got hold of eclipse glasses just in time – here’s what to do with them now
Solar specs are tricky to recycle because of their lenses, so here are three things to do instead.