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Nature: Earth has roughly 50 BILLION birds – six for every human on the planet, study finds

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There are roughly 50 billion birds alive on the Earth today, a big data study has found — the equivalent of around six for every individual human on the planet. Researchers from Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) estimated how many birds there are across 9,700 species, all the way from pigeons to penguins. … Read more

Matthew McConaughey angers fans after posting photo of himself alone in nature with a mask on

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Matthew McConaughey looked as if he was standing on top of the world in a stunning photo taken out in the desert and shared to his Instagram on Friday. But the 51-year-old Oscar winner seems to have irked some of his fans after they reacted with puzzlement and occasional fury at him wearing a mask, … Read more

Nature: Amateur photographer snaps glowing ‘blue gold’ shores around New Zealand’s Hibiscus Coast

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‘It’s just amazing to see’: Amateur photographer snaps stunning photo of glowing ‘blue gold’ shores around New Zealand’s Hibiscus Coast thanks to bioluminescent organisms Auckland resident Matthew Davison caught the phenomena on Sunday evening It was seen on Tindalls Beach, Whangaparāoa peninsula, north of Auckland Mr Davison belongs to a group that search the shores for … Read more

Nature: At least 65 animal species can LAUGH just like humans – including cows, dogs and seals

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Not just hyenas! At least 65 animal species can LAUGH just like humans – including cows, dogs, foxes, seals and mongooses, study finds Researchers from the US combed through existing studies of animal behaviour They looked for records of vocal play signals that might be analogous to laughter Such sounds might be needed to signify that … Read more

Historian reveals Napoleon was a man who loved nature

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HISTORY NAPOLEON: A LIFE IN GARDENS AND SHADOWS    by Ruth Scurr (Chatto £30, 400 pp) In 1814, a few days after Napoleon abdicated as Emperor of France, the British artist Benjamin Robert Haydon stopped his coach to offer a lift to a battle-weary French grenadier. ‘If Bonaparte had reigned longer,’ the young soldier told him, … Read more

Nature: ‘Super-sized’ mice have eaten an adult albatross ALIVE on Gough Island for the first time

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For the first time on record, ‘super-sized’ house mice have eaten alive an adult Tristan albatross on the South Atlantic’s remote Gough Island, the RSPB have reported. The predators threaten the future of eight million breeding birds, including endangered species like Tristan albatross and MacGillivray’s Prion, the charity warned. Each year, around a third of Tristan albatross chicks … Read more

Author explores how nature provided hope throughout ‘the silence’ of 2020 in a fascinating new book 

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NATURE BIRDSONG IN A TIME OF SILENCE   by Steven Lovatt (Particular £12.99, 160 pp) Now that lockdown is over (if you have faith to believe our regained freedoms will last and we’re not merely in the midst of a temporary reprieve), those who last year were suddenly able to hear the birds as they took … Read more

‘We need to rewild people’: Ray Mears urges people to experience nature first hand

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‘We need to “rewild” people’: Ray Mears urges fans to experience nature firsthand and insists ‘we’ve forgotten how to be outdoors’ By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 00:02 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 01:44 BST, 20 April 2021 Ray Mears has spoken of the public’s need to get out and experience nature first hand, … Read more

‘We need to rewild people’: Ray Mears urges people to experience nature first hand

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‘We need to “rewild” people’: Ray Mears urges fans to experience nature firsthand and insists ‘we’ve forgotten how to be outdoors’ By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 00:02 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 01:44 BST, 20 April 2021 Ray Mears has spoken of the public’s need to get out and experience nature first hand, … Read more