Drones detect smouldering hotspots months after Cairngorms wildfire
Thermal drones are being used to pinpoint heat still burning beneath the ground three months after a wildfire scorched about 3,300 hectares of the Cairngorms National Park.
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Instagram selfie leads scientists to new giant waterlily species in Colombian jungle
A chance encounter on social media led researchers to a previously unknown giant waterlily in Colombia's flooded rainforest — a species already deemed critically endangered, with only an estimated 30 to 50 plants left in the wild.
Survey finds 180,000 giant tortoises on single Seychelles island
A five-year count of Aldabra Atoll puts the free-roaming population at the highest figure ever recorded for the species, far outnumbering the human population of Seychelles.
Living Planet Report credits conservation with preventing 48 extinctions since 1993
The latest Living Planet Report, titled The Science of Hope, says conservation has prevented the extinction of 32 birds and 16 mammals since 1993, but warns biodiversity is still under pressure and criticises the UK government for withholding a biodiversity security assessment.