Two New Species of Neotropical Crocodiles Identified

Two New Species of Neotropical Crocodiles Identified

Crocodiles immigrated to the Neotropics from Africa approximately 5 million years ago and diversified into the four living species recognized today. The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) inhabits a wide variety of environments from hypersaline to freshwater localities on the mainland, islands, cays, and coral atolls along the Neotropical Pacific and Caribbean coasts and is sympatric […]

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Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms

Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms

A common agricultural pesticide caused the mass deaths of 200 little corellas across Newcastle in March, the New South Wales environment watchdog has confirmed. The Environment Protection Authority said toxicology tests had detected the presence of barley grain and the pesticide fenitrothion in all the deceased birds. Fenitrothion is a pesticide commonly used in agriculture […]

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Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research

Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research

Bird populations across North America are falling most quickly in areas where they are most abundant, according to new research, prompting fears of ecological collapse in previously protected areas. Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly. The […]

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