Wednesday, 4 November 2026
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It's the first documented case of pure albinism in a nest-raised shearwater chick on the Spanish coast. It has been ringed so it can be tracked if it's seen again.
It's the second big storm in just over a month. It will mainly hit eastern Nepal, including the Khumbu and Kangchenjunga, and has already upended several expeditions' plans.
Traces of cosmetics, medicines and farm runoff: Maui's corals carry the imprint of what we do on land. Researchers propose using them as monitors of water quality.
70% of the route is unpaved and its high point tops 3,600 metres. Jules Stennes and Patch Doyle rode it in 73 days: 'About 90% of it is mental.'
The grey-necked picathartes, a bald-headed bird that nests on rocks, has turned up in Luki (DR Congo), Conkouati-Douli (Congo) and Mayombe (Angola). Its forest shrinks every year.
Environmental and animal-welfare groups had called the permits 'macabre': the animals that survived August's fire are still weak and searching for shelter in a devastated landscape.
He reached the 6,814-metre summit on Sunday with his Sherpa guide. They spent the night at Camp 3, and when the guide returned to the tent, he was gone. His body was found at around 4,500 metres.
Driven by eight Latin American and three African countries, the proposal passed with 83 votes in favour, 12 against and 27 abstentions. A committee will now draft the text, and Indigenous peoples want a seat at the table.
Ten Cornish fishers tested two simple devices on more than 1,000 nets for a year and a half. The result: far fewer diving seabirds drowned. Bycatch 'is not inevitable', the authors say.
The #HandsOffNature campaign, led by BirdLife, ClientEarth, the European Environmental Bureau and WWF, delivered the signatures to Commissioner Jessika Roswall. The laws behind Natura 2000 are under review.
He was known for crossing roads near Galgamuwa. He died on 16 October after weeks of treatment for a gunshot wound. Sri Lanka loses between 380 and 490 wild elephants a year.
At 3:00 this Sunday it became 2:00 again in mainland Spain. We gain light in the morning but lose it in the afternoon, just when many hikers are still on the way down. Here's how to adapt.
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