7 h. ago Saving the world’s fattest parrot: can New Zealand vaccinate its rare species before bird flu gets to them?

In the last continent to remain untouched by the virus, hopes are being pinned on immunisation as migration season approachesIt is easy to imagine how it could happen. A petrel, flying east from the Indian Ocean at the end of the Austral winter, makes landfall at New Zealand’s southern Codfish Island/Whenua Hou. Tired from its long journey, the petrel seeks refuge in the burrow of a green kākāpō: a critically endangered flightless species that is the world’s fattest parrot.If the seabird intrudes when the kākāpō is primed to breed, the male parrot may attempt to mate with the smaller petrel, accidentally smothering it in the process. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Animal poo could save millions of humans as scientists tacke killer superbugs

Scientists at the University of Leicester have found that thousands of phages, bacteria eaters, are hidden in animal poo and they're exploring whether it could treat human superbugs

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19 h. ago New UK bird flu outbreak confirmed as poultry culled and surveillance launched

A 'controlled zone' has been put in place across the area and birds humanely culled after after cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu variant were confirmed in Frome, Somerset

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32 h. ago Fowl Play! Thousands of rare breed chickens are being slaughtered as Defra jobsworths panic irrationally over bird flu

The pictures of dead chickens began to arrive in Lee Grant's inbox two weeks ago, each of them dropping with an eerie 'ping'.

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3 d. ago Wales v Canada Live: Sean Lynn's side behind after opening try

Wales Women need to pull off a big result to save their Rugby World Cup campaign

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4 d. ago Woman's horrifying six words as she ripped out her own eyes outside church

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Kaylee Muthart, 20, was left blind after she gouged out her own eyes in a meth-induced psychotic episode in which she believed the act of self-mutilation would save the world and bring her closer to God

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4 d. ago Check your change for 'super rare' coin worth £4k with special detail

Check your change, as you could be sitting on a small fortune if you have this 'super rare' coin with a unique detail that makes it worth far more than face value

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4 d. ago Gaza’s children being starved to death are now too weak to cry, says Save the Children chief

More and more children express the wish to be dead, top official at humanitarian aid agency says

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5 d. ago ‘I’m proud of them going out into the world’: Young naturalists on their quest to save harvest mice

Spurred into action by the species’ threatened future, two best friends embarked on a project to release 250 of the animals in DevonDoing somersaults in the corner of a field in Devon this week were the fluffy results of an audacious wildlife project by two 13-year-old girls.Best friends Eva Wishart and Emily Smith had become devoted to harvest mice, and were upset, a couple of years ago, to find out the species is threatened in England due to farming practices and habitat loss. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago 'Super rare' and valuable coin could earn you £4k but you need special detail

You might be sitting on a small fortune with this 'super rare' and valuable coin that could be worth an eye-watering £4,000. But there's something specific that makes it desirable

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6 d. ago Rare shark species thought to be extinct rediscovered after decades

Species susceptible to population declines from increased fishing, researchers warn

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9 d. ago Chilling update as bid to save woman stuck 22,000ft up Victory Peak abandoned

The rescue mission to save 47-year-old Natalia Nagovitsina has been called off after one fellow climber died from frostbite and a military helicopter later crashed into the side of Victory Peak

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1 week ago How Melania is the one person who really does have Trump's ear... and why she's now determined to secure his legacy as the man who saved the world

It was billed as a triumph of diplomacy when Donald Trump yet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Yet, a source close to Mr Trump told the Daily Mail it was a move by Melania that turned out to be crucial.

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1 week ago Bid to save woman stuck 22,000ft up Victory Peak with broken leg abandoned

Natalia Nagovitsina has been stuck up Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan for a week-and-a-half after she suffered a significant injury while undertaking the 24,406ft climb

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1 week ago 'Rare and special' UK beach with singing sands bordering crystal clear water

Porthor, known by some as 'Whistling Sands', is one of only two beaches in Europe where the sand 'sings' under your feet - and it's a must-visit for Brits.

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1 week ago Race to save one of the world’s tallest trees following fire

Emergency services are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees near the state's southern coast

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1 week ago ‘Our boys were forced into the enemy army to save loved ones’: the second world war exhibition dividing Poland

The Museum of Gdańsk’s project about the 450,000 Polish soldiers made to fight for the Third Reich has attracted rightwing protests, but others insist the country needs to reckon with its painful pastTwo old family photos show the same group: a short-haired woman, a girl in a striped dress, and a man in uniform. But there is one difference between these well-preserved, sepia pictures: in one, the man wears a Wehrmacht uniform; in the other his military dress has been altered to conceal his wartime service.Donated to the Museum of Gdańsk by the son of the girl in the striped dress, these images feature in a new exhibition about the mass forced conscriptions of Pomeranians into the German army. Consisting of photo albums, family heirlooms and oral testimonies of Poles who served in the Wehrmacht, the show asks whether someone can be both a victim of and a soldier for an aggressor, and suggests that confronting these complexities is vital to the national identity. Unsurprisingly, the e...

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1 week ago Bayesian victims could have been SAVED: Bombshell claim of world's leading salvage expert who believes doomed £30million superyacht could be refurbished

Master salvage expert Captain Nick Sloane said said a properly equipped rescue squad could have saved additional passengers who were trapped in air pockets as the Bayesian sank.

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1 week ago Race to save woman stuck 22,000ft up Victory Peak with broken leg and no food

Avid thrill seeker Natalia Nagovitsina has been stuck up Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan for about a week after she suffered a significant injury and needed a sleeping bag to be delivered to her

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1 week ago From clean air to pesticides: how UK has lagged behind EU on the environment

Labour has continued to diverge from bloc’s laws, meaning most of UK’s protections are weaker than pre-BrexitUK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollbackKeir Starmer’s government has continued to diverge from EU environmental laws since the Labour party won the 2024 general election, meaning the UK’s environmental protections are weaker than before Brexit.From putting rare species at risk by ditching the habitats directive to failing to keep up with chemicals regulations that keep people and wildlife safe, here are some of the areas in which the UK has fallen behind. Continue reading...

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