Ropeless fishing tech could help save rare whale, say scientists
Virtual buoys and time triggered traps reduce risk to endangered North Atlantic right whale, but reactions among fishers in US and Canada are mixed
Tag: Wildlife
ER for animals: inside Australia’s Currumbin Wildlife hospital – a photo essay
Vets, nurses and volunteers have been treating sick, injured and orphaned native animals on the Gold Coast for 32 years
Country diary: love is in the air for these oystercatchers
Sandy, Bedfordshire: Each bird is studiously focused on its own doings yet peripherally aware of the other. Apart but close – are they an item?
RSPCA checks on Arctic walrus spotted off south Wales coast
Animal ‘slightly underweight’ but seemed in generally good health and was probably looking for food
Country diary: the creature I’m after lurks at the very bottom of the pond
Crook, County Durham: The Victorians recommended water slaters for children to keep and study, and I need photographs to send to the grandchildren
How an endangered Australian songbird is forgetting its love songs
New study suggests young regent honeyeaters are not getting the chance to learn mating calls
Country diary: the beavers are busy – but elusive
Hatchmere, Cheshire: They were reintroduced here three months ago, but their hard graft is going on out of public view
Rare albino turtle hatchling spotted in Australia but experts say it’s unlikely to survive
Monitors on Queensland’s Lady Elliot Island have only seen a handful of albino hatchlings but never an adult
‘Boiling with activity’: readers’ photos of their local wildlife
We asked UK and European readers to send in photos of the natural world near them from the last few weeks
Retailers join calls for ‘urgent’ action to restrict harmful tuna fishing methods
‘Fish aggregating devices’ have been linked to depletion of yellowfin populations and increased bycatch in the Indian Ocean