Java rice farmers suffer crop failure as copper mine pollutes local irrigation (news.mongabay.com)
Good news for coral reef restoration efforts: Study finds 'full recovery' of reef growth within four years (www.sciencedaily.com)
Giant tortoise migration in the Galápagos may be stymied by invasive trees (www.sciencenews.org)
This Flower Refrigerates Itself to Survive Scorching Summers (www.scientificamerican.com)
‘Shocking’ mortality of infant macaques points to dangers of oil palm plantations (news.mongabay.com)
'Janitors' of the sea: Overharvested sea cucumbers play crucial role in protecting coral (phys.org)
Climate change may cause crisis amid important insect populations, researchers say (www.cbsnews.com)
Migrating whales forced into danger's path in "wild west" Arctic (www.newsweek.com)
Gut bacteria may explain why grey squirrels outcompete reds – new research (theconversation.com)
Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia, research suggests (phys.org)
Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition - Nature Geoscience (www.nature.com)
Very intelligent dolphins (www.theguardian.com)
Kelly, a dolphin, was rewarded with fish by her trainers for bringing them litter and dead gulls to clean her pool. She began hiding fish under a rock in her pool and used them to lure gulls, which she then brought to her trainers to receive more fish. She even taught her calf the same strategy....
Alligator snapping turtle from Americas which can bite through human bone turns up in Cumbria (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Alien invasion: Non-native earthworms threaten ecosystems (news.stanford.edu)
Analysis reveals imported earthworm species have colonized large swaths of North America, and represent a largely overlooked threat to native ecosystems. The researchers warn of the need to better understand and manage the invaders in our midst.