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1 day ago

U.S. cattle faces a growing threat from a protected species of vulture spreading north amid climate change - 'They just basically eat them alive' | Fortune

Black vulture range expansion, aided by warmer winters, is increasing livestock attacks, prompting farmers to use deterrents and killing permits while experts call for research.
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1 month ago

Orange and white spotted ladybirds seen in UK for the first time

The unusual orange and white spotted insects have travelled over from the continent because of the warm weather the UK has had this summer. They have been recorded in southern England in the New Forest, which spans across parts of Hampshire and a small section of Wiltshire. The new bugs do not have an English name yet, but they are referred to as Little Arboreal Ladybirds or formally Calvia decemguttata.
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