Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Week in wildlife: an ostrich on the lam, a tortoise crossing a road and surfing seals

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:12 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Take down bird feeders this summer to cut spread of avian disease, says RSPB

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:00:09 +0000

Charity advises replacing seed and nut feeders, where birds gather, with small amounts of mealworms, fat balls or suet

Garden birds should not be fed seeds and nuts over the summer months, the RSPB has said, in an attempt to reduce the spread of avian diseases.

Bird lovers are being urged to take down their bird feeders between May and October to help birds such as the greenfinch, whose numbers have plummeted after the spread of trichomonosis, a parasitic disease transmitted more easily when birds cluster around feeders in the warmer months.

Lava bursts forth as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:11:40 +0000

Hawaii Volcanoes national park closed due to eruption of one of world’s most active volcanoes, located on Big Island

Amber lava exploded over 200 meters into the air as Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, located on Hawaii’s Big Island, erupted on Thursday.

US agency proposes rolling back rules for safe disposal of toxic coal ash

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:28:28 +0000

Advocates warn changes could increase risks of pollutants contaminating water and exposure to toxic waste

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed weakened rules governing the safe disposal of ash produced by burning coal. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants.

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:02 +0000

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself

On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange. As other members of the chimpanzees’ wider group moved closer through the forest, the chimpanzees in front of him began to display nervous behaviour. They grimaced and touched each other for reassurance, acting more like they were about to meet strangers than close companions.

US had hottest March on record as nation faced ‘unprecedented’ heat

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:49:59 +0000

The continental US registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to Noaa data

Argentina approves Milei’s glacier mining bill amid environmental protests

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:55:33 +0000

Legislative change backed by libertarian president makes it easier to extract metals in frozen parts of the Andes

Argentina’s congress has approved a bill promoted by the libertarian president, Javier Milei, that authorises mining in ecologically sensitive areas of glaciers and permafrost, outraging environmentalists.

The amendment to the “glacier law”, which was already approved by the senate in February, would make it easier to mine for metals such as copper, lithium and silver in frozen parts of the Andes mountains.

‘A dream come true’: Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio after 200 years

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:48 +0000

An ambitious ‘refaunation’ project is bringing the much-loved birds and other lost species back to the city’s national park

Images of the iconic blue-and-yellow macaw can be spotted all over Rio de Janeiro. Yet the real thing has been seen so rarely in the Brazilian city that some wondered if it ever really existed there at all.

Doug Allan, cameraman on David Attenborough’s Planet series, dies trekking in Nepal

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:27:20 +0000

Wildlife film pioneer has died aged 74 ‘immersed in nature and surrounded by friends’, his representatives said

An award-winning wildlife cameraman renowned for his work with David Attenborough has died aged 74 while trekking in Nepal.

Doug Allan, described as a “true pioneer” of wildlife film-making, won several Bafta and Emmy awards and was principal camera operator on a number of BBC series including Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet.

Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:46 +0000

Tim Friede put his ‘ass on the line’ to help stop snakebite deaths – whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisis

As we overheat and degrade our planet, more people are likely to come into contact, sometimes fatally, with venomous snakes. One man hopes to provide an unusual solution to this, after subjecting himself to 200 intentional snakebites to his body.

For nearly 20 years, Tim Friede, 58, allowed some of the most lethal snakes in the world to bite him so he could build up an immunity that could one day be developed into a universal antivenom.