For the first time in recorded history,NatureScot has refused to grant a licence for the annual Guga hunt the traditional harvest of Northern Gannet chicks on the remote island of Sula Sgeir off Scotland’s north-west coast. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/guga-hu...

Guga Hunt licence refused for first time in recorded history - Oceanographic

NatureScot has refused a licence for the annual Guga hunt for the first time in history, halting the harvest of Gannet chicks on Sula Sgeir.

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Germany's Low Water Information System stated 44% of the Rhine measuring stations and 78% of those on the Danube had recorded record low water levels at the end of July.The Rhine,starts in the Swiss Alps and empties in the North Sea is one of Europe's busiest waterways www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers

Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.

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First scientifically described in 1836,the spiny babbler has been now been recorded across Nepal’s provinces. Ornithologists have been unable to determine why the bird does not exist outside Nepal news.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-sh...

A shy bird found only in Nepal is waiting for the world to notice

Nepal’s shrubby hillsides are home to a medium-sized bird with brownish upperparts, distinctive black streaks from the shafts of its feathers and, sometimes, a chalky white facial patch. It’s the spin...

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First scientifically described in 1836,the spiny babbler has been now been recorded across Nepal’s provinces. Ornithologists have been unable to determine why the bird does not exist outside Nepal news.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-sh...

A shy bird found only in Nepal is waiting for the world to notice

Nepal’s shrubby hillsides are home to a medium-sized bird with brownish upperparts, distinctive black streaks from the shafts of its feathers and, sometimes, a chalky white facial patch. It’s the spin...

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For the first time in recorded history,NatureScot has refused to grant a licence for the annual Guga hunt the traditional harvest of Northern Gannet chicks on the remote island of Sula Sgeir off Scotland’s north-west coast. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/guga-hu...

Guga Hunt licence refused for first time in recorded history - Oceanographic

NatureScot has refused a licence for the annual Guga hunt for the first time in history, halting the harvest of Gannet chicks on Sula Sgeir.

oceanographicmagazine.com

Germany's Low Water Information System stated 44% of the Rhine measuring stations and 78% of those on the Danube had recorded record low water levels at the end of July.The Rhine,starts in the Swiss Alps and empties in the North Sea is one of Europe's busiest waterways www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers

Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.

bbc.co.uk

The National Trust has launched a public appeal to restore a reserve after a major incident was declared on thursday after a large wildfire broke out at Dunwich Heath,near Leiston,on Wednesday reduced the area to a charred, barren landscape,which is still smouldering news.sky.com/story/firefi...

Firefighters still battling 'dynamic' Suffolk wildfire as National Trust launches public appeal

Footage shows the once grassy Dunwich Heath reduced to a charred, barren landscape, which is still smouldering.

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In a first of its kind comprehensive review published in the journal Primates,anthropologists at the University of Oxford explored various instances of monkeys and apes carrying,grooming,playing,and sometimes actually adopting other creatures. www.popsci.com/environment/...

Monkeys sometimes have 'pets' like humans

And it may explain why we love ours so much.

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A ship collision caused over a billion plastic pellets to spill last week,that have since washed up on beaches along the Northumberland and Sunderland coast,with local residents and regional mayor criticising severe delays in cleaning up the incident. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/billion...

Billion-pellet plastic spill blights North East Coast

Private shipping firms face fury from local communities and the regional mayor over a slow response to the UK's worst-ever microplastic spill

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While scientists traditionally expect warming oceans to push fish poleward,analysis of over 90,000 European bottom trawl samples found fish are actually plunging deeper,according to a report published this month in Nature Communications. insideclimatenews.org/news/2707202...

European Fish Are Adapting to Climate Change in Unexpected Ways - Inside Climate News

As waters warm and industrial fishing expands, fish populations are heading for the depths of the European continental shelf.

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Invasive rats on tropical islands are disrupting coral reef ecosystems,reshaping the communities of tiny creatures that form the foundation of reef productivity,altering the pathways through which energy travels from the seafloor to the ocean’s top predators oceanographicmagazine.com/news/rats-to...

Rats to reefs: Invasive species reshape Indian Ocean food webs - Oceanographic

Research from Lancaster University and University of Texas reveals that invasive rats on tropical islands are reshaping coral reef food webs.

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Most whales sleep horizontally but Sperm whales however hang vertically in tight groups for short 10 to 15-minute naps.It’s thought that this vertical sleeping enables them to sleep effectively by buffering them from surface wave action. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/sperm-w...

Sperm whales blow bubbles to sleep floating vertically

Until now, scientists haven’t understood how it was possible due to sperm whale's exceptionally buoyant heads

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Over half of the world’s migratory bird species are declining because of an array of threats,including habitat loss,invasive species that harm birds,hunting,the pet trade,toxic pesticides and,in some cases,being caught in commercial fishing nets theconversation.com/more-than-ha...

More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them

A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.

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An 11-year-old girl has become the first patient in the UK to have an innovative gene therapy for a rare condition that causes blindness. The treatment was developed for Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a condition which leaves people blind by early adulthood. news.sky.com/story/girl-1...

Girl, 11, becomes first in UK to receive innovative sight-saving gene therapy

Catherine L'Estrange, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition, has undergone a treatment in which "healthy copies" of a gene were injected into her eye to preserve her vision.

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it involved ramming a sunfish with such force,it is blown to bits.Sunfish can grow over three metres long and weigh up to 2,000kg.They come to the surface to rest,or seek parasite removal and it is where they are at their most vulnerable to predation. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/orcas-f...

Orcas filmed ramming sunfish so hard it explodes - Oceanographic

Scientists document orca holding a sunfish steady while another rams it at high speed, shattering the carcass into thousands of pieces.

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A MapBiomas report states that 3.1 million hectares of Brazil's Amazon were burned last year,compared with a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares in 2024.The amount of land burned in the Amazon last year covered the smallest area since MapBiomas records began in 1985. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brazil's Amazon sees sharp decline of area burned in 2025

The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.

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Lancaster University researchers found the eastern and western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire flow through farmland,where farms were buying in far more fertiliser and processed animal feed than needed,causing phosphorus to build up in the soil and polluting waterways. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How farmers could fix Wales' polluted rivers and save money

Farmers have a crucial role in cleaning up one of the UK's most polluted river systems, a study shows.

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With more than 85,000 recorded and validated sightings in the waters of the so-called ‘Lucky Islands’ or Macaronesia, scientists from the RedPROMAR project have recorded more than 5,000 species of living organisms in this part of the North Atlantic. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

People’s photos are helping scientists record marine life in real-time in the Canary Islands

Photographing marine flora and fauna to gauge the ocean’s condition on a day-to-day basis. This is the aim of RedPROMAR, an EU project, which invites members of the public to upload photos to its plat...

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A new study finds that Chile's Juan Fernández seamounts still show significant ecological damage more than 25 years after bottom trawling ended, with deep-sea corals showing little sign of recovery. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/chiles-...

Chile's seamounts are still damaged, decades after trawling ended - Oceanographic

Study of Juan Fernández seamounts finds bottom trawling's damage to deep-sea coral ecosystems persists more than 25 years after fishing ends.

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The squid and eggs were recorded at a depth of 50 metres in water around -1.6 °C, which highlights the resilience of marine life in one of Earth’s most extreme environment,cephalopods are considered valuable indicators of environmental change oceanographicmagazine.com/news/arctic-...

Arctic bobtail squid filmed in the wild ... and she's carrying eggs - Oceanographic

For the first time, scientists film the Arctic bobtail squid in the wild, recording a mature female carrying her eggs.

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The ex-CEO of Southern Water faces a charge of conspiracy to defraud alongside three other former employees.It's alleged that Matthew Wright conspired with his co-defendants to defraud the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2017. news.sky.com/story/ex-ceo...

Ex-CEO of Southern Water among four charged with conspiracy to defraud

Matthew Wright is accused of trying to cheat wastewater testing rules under the Operator Self-Monitoring (OSM) compliance regime.

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No risk assessments was done when criminal gangs tipped tens of thousands of tonnes of rubbish,means the risk these chemicals pose is intensified,the science tells us that the longer these mountains of waste linger,the higher the potential environmental and health risk. news.sky.com/story/reveal...

Revealed: The toxic chemicals detected at illegal waste sites

Over the last six months, Sky News has worked with scientists to conduct testing of air, water and soil at three of the UK's largest dumps.

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The research draws on more than five decades of data representing more than 2,000 nests across nine wetlands on Oʻahu between 1963 and 2020 and documents measurable improvements in nesting and chick fledging success over time. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/fifty-y...

'Fifty years of work': Hawaiian stilt brought back from the brink - Oceanographic

The Hawaiian stilt (Aʻeo) reclassified from endangered to threatened after 50 years of conservation brings population back from the brink.

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Flow batteries are seen as key to scaling up renewable energy.Now,scientists at QUB have developed one based on iron, which is much easier to source, and have sent it around the world to help standardise research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough

A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.

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Where are all the butterflies ?,butterfly need your help,by taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count,a UK wide survey,you can help assess the health of our environment simply by counting butterflies.All information can be found at ..... bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org

48 young curlews are being released back into their natural habitat as part of efforts to protect the species.The Eurasian curlew is an iconic resident of the Shropshire Hills and the Welsh Marches,but declining numbers have seen the species added to the UK's Red. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shropshire curlews released to boost endangered bird numbers

Curlew Country is hoping to improve the birds' chances by making sure they get the best start.

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