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Shark culls brought in after fatal attack causes division and anger in New Caledonia
Authorities say capture of bull and tiger sharks necessary to protect lives as environmentalists launch urgent legal challenge.
‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town
At the edge of Da Gama Park, where the Cape Town suburb meets the mountain, baboons jumped from the road to garden walls to roofs and back again. Children from South African navy families living in the area’s modest houses played in the street.
We don’t need to control pigeons – just the people who feed them
Dr Dave Dawson and Paul Roberts advise on how to combat pigeon invasions – but Nicholas Milton says we should celebrate these remarkable birds and David Jobbins suggests letting nature takes its course.
Deer shooting to be facilitated in England to protect woodlands
It will be much easier to shoot deer in England under government plans that aim to curb the damage the animals are doing to the country’s woodlands.
Unprovoked shark attacks up sharply in 2025, with 12 human deaths worldwide
The number of people killed or bitten by sharks in unprovoked attacks globally increased significantly in 2025, a report published on Wednesday has found, while a single Florida county maintained its crown as the so-called shark bite capital of the world.
Stay or go: What's next for coyote that escaped to Alcatraz?
A lone coyote that swam more than a mile across San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz Island is being monitored by scientists and could be moved if its presence threatens birds on the infamous Californian island. The canine is surviving on a diet of birds after swimming to the isolated prison island.
Shark attacks in Hawaii spike in October, and scientists think they know why
"Sharktober" — the spike in shark bite incidents off the west coast of North America during the fall — is real, and it seems to happen in Hawaii when tiger sharks give birth in the waters surrounding the islands, new research suggests.
Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after tragic death of Canadian tourist Piper James
The dingo pack linked to the death of Canadian tourist Piper James on Australian island K’gari will be destroyed, the Queensland government has announced. Environment minister Andrew Powell said on Sunday that an entire pack of 10 animals would be euthanised.
Shark attacks: How Sydney's beaches became a 'perfect storm'
Human-shark encounters in Australia are rising - but experts are keen to point out it isn't the animals' fault.
Canadian backpacker’s death poses question for Queensland’s K’gari: can dingoes and tourists coexist?
In the early hours of Monday morning, a young woman’s body was found being mauled by a pack of dingoes near a shipwreck on a windswept stretch of white sand beach on an island off the east coast of Australia.
Why have there been so many shark bites in Sydney? Experts say the conditions are a ‘perfect storm’
Four people have been attacked by sharks in New South Wales in 48 hours, including three incidents at Sydney beaches. Any shark bite incident is traumatic and Sydney swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water.
Involuntary parks: Human conflict is creating unintended refuges for wildlife
Involuntary parks — areas made largely untenable for human habitation due to environmental contamination, war, border disputes or other forms of conflict and violence — have often unintentionally benefited nature, with flora and fauna sometimes thriving in the absence of people.
Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’
Just before noon on a Sunday in October, passengers settled onto the upper deck of the American Princess, a 95-foot cruising vessel that departed from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, into the Atlantic Ocean in search of whales. They did not have to wait long to find one.
Woman killed in suspected mountain lion attack while hiking in Colorado
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson said there were 'signs that this was consistent with a mountain lion attack but we can't say for sure.'
Saving South Africa's threatened albatross from lethal fishing lines
A task force is trying to save seabirds from getting caught and killed in fishing boat nets.
Utah Tries Relocating Beavers to Save Them, and Remake the Landscape
The beaver who would one day be named June was simply doing what beavers do.
In two-day effort at sea, team partially frees whale of fishing gear off Georgia coast
A team from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was documenting the second North Atlantic right whale calf of the season about 4 miles offshore of the Florida/Georgia border on Wednesday when they received an urgent message.
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage.
Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal
A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal.
India's snakebite crisis is killing tens of thousands every year
Around 50,000 Indians are killed by snakebites each year - roughly half of all deaths worldwide Devendra, who was a farmer in India, still remembers the moment a snake sank its fangs into his leg while he was picking mulberry leaves.
Shark culls brought in after fatal attack causes division and anger in New Caledonia
Authorities say capture of bull and tiger sharks necessary to protect lives as environmentalists launch urgent legal challenge.
‘That’s a losing battle’: baboon incursions cause tense human-wildlife standoff in Cape Town
At the edge of Da Gama Park, where the Cape Town suburb meets the mountain, baboons jumped from the road to garden walls to roofs and back again. Children from South African navy families living in the area’s modest houses played in the street.
We don’t need to control pigeons – just the people who feed them
Dr Dave Dawson and Paul Roberts advise on how to combat pigeon invasions – but Nicholas Milton says we should celebrate these remarkable birds and David Jobbins suggests letting nature takes its course.
Deer shooting to be facilitated in England to protect woodlands
It will be much easier to shoot deer in England under government plans that aim to curb the damage the animals are doing to the country’s woodlands.
Unprovoked shark attacks up sharply in 2025, with 12 human deaths worldwide
The number of people killed or bitten by sharks in unprovoked attacks globally increased significantly in 2025, a report published on Wednesday has found, while a single Florida county maintained its crown as the so-called shark bite capital of the world.
Stay or go: What's next for coyote that escaped to Alcatraz?
A lone coyote that swam more than a mile across San Francisco Bay to Alcatraz Island is being monitored by scientists and could be moved if its presence threatens birds on the infamous Californian island. The canine is surviving on a diet of birds after swimming to the isolated prison island.
Shark attacks in Hawaii spike in October, and scientists think they know why
"Sharktober" — the spike in shark bite incidents off the west coast of North America during the fall — is real, and it seems to happen in Hawaii when tiger sharks give birth in the waters surrounding the islands, new research suggests.
Dingoes on Australia’s K’gari island to be euthanised after tragic death of Canadian tourist Piper James
The dingo pack linked to the death of Canadian tourist Piper James on Australian island K’gari will be destroyed, the Queensland government has announced. Environment minister Andrew Powell said on Sunday that an entire pack of 10 animals would be euthanised.
Shark attacks: How Sydney's beaches became a 'perfect storm'
Human-shark encounters in Australia are rising - but experts are keen to point out it isn't the animals' fault.
Canadian backpacker’s death poses question for Queensland’s K’gari: can dingoes and tourists coexist?
In the early hours of Monday morning, a young woman’s body was found being mauled by a pack of dingoes near a shipwreck on a windswept stretch of white sand beach on an island off the east coast of Australia.
Why have there been so many shark bites in Sydney? Experts say the conditions are a ‘perfect storm’
Four people have been attacked by sharks in New South Wales in 48 hours, including three incidents at Sydney beaches. Any shark bite incident is traumatic and Sydney swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water.
Involuntary parks: Human conflict is creating unintended refuges for wildlife
Involuntary parks — areas made largely untenable for human habitation due to environmental contamination, war, border disputes or other forms of conflict and violence — have often unintentionally benefited nature, with flora and fauna sometimes thriving in the absence of people.
Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’
Just before noon on a Sunday in October, passengers settled onto the upper deck of the American Princess, a 95-foot cruising vessel that departed from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, into the Atlantic Ocean in search of whales. They did not have to wait long to find one.
Woman killed in suspected mountain lion attack while hiking in Colorado
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson said there were 'signs that this was consistent with a mountain lion attack but we can't say for sure.'
Saving South Africa's threatened albatross from lethal fishing lines
A task force is trying to save seabirds from getting caught and killed in fishing boat nets.
Utah Tries Relocating Beavers to Save Them, and Remake the Landscape
The beaver who would one day be named June was simply doing what beavers do.
In two-day effort at sea, team partially frees whale of fishing gear off Georgia coast
A team from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was documenting the second North Atlantic right whale calf of the season about 4 miles offshore of the Florida/Georgia border on Wednesday when they received an urgent message.
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage.
Elephant kills tourist at national park in Thailand, third fatality linked to the same animal
A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal.
India's snakebite crisis is killing tens of thousands every year
Around 50,000 Indians are killed by snakebites each year - roughly half of all deaths worldwide Devendra, who was a farmer in India, still remembers the moment a snake sank its fangs into his leg while he was picking mulberry leaves.
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