Massachusetts beaches have become a ‘hotspot for mass stranding of sea turtles’, so an annual rescue effort has grown
Sea turtle #471 gasped audibly, as veterinarian Kathy Tuxbury palpated the surgical scar on the animal’s left flipper.
The turtle – lovingly renamed “Lucky” by the huge network of conservationists, interns and volunteers working to save its life – is one of the last patients of the year at the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital, waiting to be returned to the ocean.
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08/15/2026 - 05:00
08/15/2026 - 02:01
Authorities confirm first Australian death of species found with virus near where it attracts crowds to a ‘penguin parade’
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Australia’s first case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a little penguin has been confirmed on Victoria’s Phillip Island, only days after the state government announced it would begin vaccinating the species.
Confirmation of the virus in the little penguin will spark a race to vaccinate thousands of birds, with the government announcing on Saturday it would begin the rollout on Monday.
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08/15/2026 - 02:00
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice
Recently, while traipsing from showroom to showroom in search of a used car for my growing clan, the iconic line from Christopher Nolan’s seminal Batman movie The Dark Knight came to mind: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” And by villain, of course, I mean an SUV driver.
Because, if you haven’t shopped for a secondhand family car recently, I’ll save you the shock: wherever you look, it’s SUVs.
Coco Khan is a freelance writer and co-host of the politics podcast Pod Save the UK
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08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66901-7
Development of samarium-153 oxide loaded polystyrene radiotracer particles for gamma scintigraphy of whole gastrointestinal transit study
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66659-y
Experiences of kinesiophobia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative phenomenological study
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-63846-9
Correction: A five-dimensional classical framework for gravitational and quantum phenomena
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66068-1
Multi-level violence recognition via hybrid convolutional-attention and recurrent architectures
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-64954-2
AlzheiNN: a convolutional neural network-based model for Alzheimer’s disease classification
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-62801-y
Model-free multiparametric analysis of SHG images reveals collagen signatures in breast cancer
08/11/2026 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08677-9
The impact of CEOs’ multidisciplinary backgrounds on corporate financing and investment maturity mismatch
