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Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says

Wow! Some astonishing news
#ConservationOptimism

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Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows

Alarming to say the least

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Sign the petition: Reform: hands off our hard-won rights! Reform UK just announced plans to scrap loads of our rights🚨 ❌ Water down our rights in work ❌ End anti-discrimination laws. ❌ Bin renter protections against unfair evictions I just signed the petit...

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Restoration Update: In the Wake of Klamath Dam Removal • The Revelator Conservation crews have helped plant and seed thousands of native trees and other vegetation. Salmon have responded in kind.

Our readers are clamoring for positive environmental news. This story took off like a rocket when we published it this morning. #conservationoptimism

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If Americans discovered how good the average British grocery store is versus what they get, they'd riot, I swear.

Interesting conversation with someone recently who had been to a big ecology conference

They were amazed at the lack of a sense of urgency about the nature crisis

and that many of the studies presented - while often name-checking the crisis - were pursuing quite esoteric objectives

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you're right, it IS shocking that professional loser Matt Goodwin still has more newsletter subscribers than I do. If you want to help correct this oversight, here's 12% off annual subs (to reflect how much he lost by)

Naz Shah MP on Gorton and Denton Claims: ‘How Do Supposedly “Sectarian Muslims” End Up Voting for a Radically Progressive Party with a Gay Jewish Leader?’ The Labour MP told Byline Times that, from her experience of 'clan-based politics', it was not present in the Manchester by-election as Reform UK claims

🔴 Naz Shah MP on Gorton & Denton Claims: 'How Do Supposedly Sectarian Muslims End Up Voting for a Radically Progressive Party with a Gay Jewish Leader?'

The MP for Bradford West told Byline Times: "I know what clan-based politics looks like, I have a history of fighting it, this isn't what this is"

What's a Deputy Chief Inspector? I thought DCI, in the context of the police at least, was Detective Chief Inspector. Does the leader of the Conservative Party not know the background of her party's candidate, demoting her in this statement?

What's a Deputy Chief Inspector? I thought DCI, in the context of the police at least, was Detective Chief Inspector. Does the leader of the Conservative Party not know the background of her party's candidate?

The Women Who Transformed Journalism Two new books demonstrate how Martha Gellhorn, Janet Flanner, and other reporters took journalism in directions that men could not.

Two new books on journalism demonstrate how Martha Gellhorn, Janet Flanner, and other reporters took the field in directions that men could not, Casey Schwartz writes.

Winners of the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest A collection of honored images from this year’s competition celebrating “photography beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes, rivers and even swimming pools”

See a collection of honored images from this year’s competition celebrating “photography beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes, rivers, and even swimming pools”:

Worth noting that even if Labour and the Greens had split the vote exactly evenly – the absolute worst case scenario for the stop Reform majority in the seat – Matt Goodwin still didn’t have enough votes to sneak a victory.

Climate coverage is shrinking. We're expanding it. Announcing a new weekly video podcast!

the epidemic of men launching podcasts about nothing has gotten out of control

to combat this I am launching a podcast WITH A WOMAN (veteran climate journalist Tracy Wholf) to talk about stuff that actually matters (the planet being destroyed by the worst people alive)

Find subscribe links here:

Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

Sadly, animal reintroductions will not by themselves stem the nature crisis

We need massive restoration & rewilding projects on large areas of land, to create space for nature
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Looking forward to reading this new book by Michael Pollan, one of my favourite writers

Looking forward to campaigning tomorrow (Sunday): not too late to sign up!
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This is so grim. Authoritarian forces are typically massively outnumbered by people who hate living under them. Tyranny relies upon ordinary people collaborating with the regime.

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Dog sniffs out digital devices for Devon & Cornwall Police Tweed has found devices hidden in drains and another buried underground.

'Incredible nose work'

Dog helps catch criminals by sniffing out technology
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Electoral reform is the key to Social Democratic renewal With four parties tied in the polls, our first past the post electoral system is failing. How should progressives respond?

Four parties tied in the polls.

A governing majority on just 34% of the vote. This isn’t stability, it’s a warning.

If Britain is now a multi-party democracy, why are we still using a 19th-century voting system?

Electoral reform is needed writes Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP

The image contains a header at the top reading "Wanted: Shag resightings". Below this is a picture of a Shag weraing a blue colour ring with the code "UXE" and a text box of the information needed if you see a colour ringed Shag. This information is: date, location, colour of the ring, three letter code, and a photo if possible. All the information can be emailed to shags@ceh.ac.uk

Lots of reports of dead seabirds in the aftermath of recent storms. Please keep an eye out for any dead colour ringed Shags and send details to shags@ceh.ac.uk

#seabirds #ornithology #winterstorm

this year’s Wildlife Photographer exhibition is astounding, if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet

Fact Check:

Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal

it was on the front page for SIX days

(long before he appears to have even noticed it)

listen to the Trumpian way that Farage tries to silence my tenacious colleague @annasophiegross.bsky.social

(who was politely asking a reasonable question)

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

The bogus four-day workweek that AI supposedly ‘frees up’ Business leaders tout AI as a path to shorter weeks and better balance. But without power, workers are unlikely to share the gains

"The real question is whether #AI’s productivity gains, if it delivers, are shared with workers. And the truth is employers won’t share those gains unless they’re forced to"

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Second wild beaver spotted living at Norfolk nature reserve Exclusive: Pensthorpe was believed to be home to just one individual but pair have been filmed grooming each other

"Experts believed there was only one wild #beaver living in Pensthorpe nature reserve, about 20 miles outside Norwich. But just in time for Valentine’s Day, two were caught on camera going for a late-night swim together and grooming each other by the riverbank"

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And it's open access! I have just downloaded the paper and am looking forward to reading it