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• Mexico: ‘Noah’s Ark’ of animals flees cartel violence for new home on coast

  21-05-2025 22:12 via theguardian.com
  Officials at animal refuge near Culiacán, capital of violence-torn Sinaloa state, faced threats from powerful drug gangsHundreds of animals including elephants, crocodiles, lions and tigers have been moved from a violence-torn Mexican cartel heartland to a new home in an operation described as a “21st-century Noah’s Ark”.The transported species, which also included exotic birds, had been housed at the Ostok animal refuge near Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state
  
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• Plants produce more nectar when they ‘hear’ bees buzzing, scientists find

  21-05-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Researchers suggest buzzing noises could be used as environmentally friendly way to enhance crop pollinationPlants can “hear” bees buzzing and serve up more nectar when they are nearby, scientists have found.The research suggests that plants are a more active partner than previously thought in their symbiotic relationship with pollinators. The behaviour could be a survival strategy that favours giving nectar and sugar to bees over so-called nectar robbers that do not offer plants any
  
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• Victoria, UK’s oldest polar bear, put down after health problems

  21-05-2025 13:49 via theguardian.com
  Twenty-eight-year-old bear, who had been at Highland Wildlife Park since 2015, is euthanised on vets’ adviceThe UK’s oldest polar bear, and the first in the country to give birth to a cub in 25 years, has been put down because of age-related health problems.Victoria was 28 and had been kept in Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands since 2015. Vets at the park took the decision to euthanise her on Tuesday morning after an assessment about her quality of life a
  
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• Country diary: A fine place to be a bee | Tim Earl

  21-05-2025 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Ballabeg, Isle of Man: By design and luck, we are free of two big threats to the island’s honey bees, which are now enjoying our feast of spring habitatsBees returning to their cosy hives next to the fertile allotments here have much to waggle their tails about. Within their foraging radius there is a wide range of habitats sporting spring flowers, plus the hives are free from two pests found in “the adjacent isle” – mainland Britain.Ballabeg means “small
  
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