THOMAS JACKS
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The state of our rivers is a case of muddy waters
The state of our rivers is a case of muddy waters PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR LAST SUMMER, ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, I HEARD of friends or the children of friends being ill for days after swimming in a river that they and their families had been swimming in for years. My news feeds were reporting […]
Family time
A pride of lions relaxes in the shade in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Prides are typically made up of between 2 and 40 individuals, a number that will usually include mature females with their cubs, a few young males, and the lead male. While females tend to stay with their pride as they […]
It’s behind you!
Surf’s up for playful bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Texas DOLPHINS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR playfulness, coming together in pods large and small to lark about among the waves. Such behaviour can be observed in many species of dolphin around the world, but if you want to see some truly daring surfing action, […]
Waxwing winter
An ‘invasion’ of these berry-loving birds has arrived in the UK
Strange song of sei whales heard off Falkland Islands
The “eerie swishes and whooshes” of this scarce whale have been recorded for the first time
COP27 “fails to deliver”
No phase-out for fossil fuels but nature-based solutions to climate crisis gain support at United Nations climate change conference in Egypt
Catch me if you can
Watch male grey squirrels chase females up trees
News in brief
IN BRIEF Snap the pigeon An expedition to Papua New Guinea has obtained camera-trap footage of a species of ground pigeon that has not been recorded for 140 years. The black-naped pheasant pigeon, which had been known only from two preserved specimens collected in 1882, was rediscovered in the interior of the small Fergusson Island […]
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