Animals news

• UK conservation goals insufficient to save ants and bees, says expert

  08-02-2025 08:00
  Science committee chair calls for monitored species to include groups such as moths, lice and hymenopteraThe UK’s targets to stop the destruction of the natural world are so inadequate that they could be met even if all the country’s bees, wasps, ants and moths were to go extinct, the government has been warned.Natural England’s red list and the government’s biodiversity indicators are used to measure changes in species abundance and as the baseline measures for targets t
  
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• Why are ‘friendly neighbourhood cats’ appearing on Google Maps all of a sudden?

  08-02-2025 00:00
  
  Sydneysiders are listing pets as purrfect tourist attractions, with five-star ratings for pettability and chonkinessGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSanjana, I hear all the cool kids are going to a new Sydney landmark called “friendly orange cat”. What is this new kitty club and how do I get in?That’s right, Emma. Locals are putting friendly felines on the map, literally. They’re listing good-natured suburban cats as tourist attractions on Google Maps, with phot
  
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