Conservation groups and wildlife researchers have called for urgent intervention to protect Lower Hunter vegetation corridors ...

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Through his journeys along river systems in Ecuador, Quebec and India, he explores what it means to recognise, in law and the imagination, that rivers are living entities.

Discover 10 fascinating animals with masks that help them blend into their environments and avoid predators in the wild.

A new harrier biology study says these large daylight-hunting hawks have evolved an auditory system similar to owls ...

"When I'm alone and hear a strange sound, I'll say, 'Don't bother me right now. I'm not bothering you.' I do it on the off ...

"When I'm alone and hear a strange sound, I'll say, 'Don't bother me right now. I'm not bothering you.' I do it on the off ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

Naturalist Sam Bland and his wife Bright, while in western Wyoming, recently trekked into the night to observe a researcher ...

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