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Drone view of savanna vegetation and rock formation

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Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row

Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere

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Carbon-offset schemes aren't prepared for forests to burn

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F7WX9A Adult Eurasian Lynx / Eurasischer Luchs ( Lynx lynx ) rests on a pretty thin branch, looks alert.

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Rewild the UK with lynx soon? Not a cat in hell’s chance, sadly

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Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators

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One of Earth's major carbon sinks collapsed in 2023

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Forests may grow more slowly than expected as CO2 levels rise

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City moths may have evolved smaller wings due to light pollution

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Strange animals called pyrosomes are thriving as the Pacific heats up

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Spider webs collect DNA that reveals the species living nearby

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mountain-yellow frogs being translocated

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California frog reintroduction is rare victory against fungal pandemic

The success of a 15-year project to help frogs in California’s Sierra Nevada suggests some amphibian species could be rescued from a devastating fungal disease by evolution – and a little human help

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Shipwrecks are havens for wildlife in areas threatened by fishing

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Just leaving trees to grow could store a third of our carbon emissions

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Ancient Europe was half covered by savannah and grazed by elephants

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Emergence of huge cicada generation in 2021 led to a caterpillar boom

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