Environment news

• Super-snake: hybrid pythons could pose new threat to Florida Everglades

  25-08-2018 08:00
  A genetic study has found that some specimens of the invasive reptile that has decimated local wildlife are a mixture of two Asian species which could make it an even more formidable predatorFrom carnivorous giant lizards to toxic climbing tree frogs, the Florida Everglades have become a haven to invasive species steadily destroying and devouring the flora and fauna of the state’s famed River of Grass.Now comes news of a hybrid super-predator slithering its way through the waterways of the
  
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• Country diary: a swish and a splash lead me to a monster

  25-08-2018 06:30
  St Agnes, Isles of Scilly: Giant gobies are the largest fish of their kind, found only in this far south-western extremity of the British Isles, for now at leastThe directions I’ve cobbled together read like a treasure quest: a tiny sun-baked island; unlikely-sounding rock formations; a sandy cove; granite pinnacles; a hidden pool.The turf is crispy with drought, and arrays of desiccated thrift vibrate like the wires of an arcane musical instrument whose bass is too low for me to pick up.
  
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