Science and Environment News from the British Perspective

Solomons 'launders' exotic birds

The Solomon Islands is exporting thousands of wild birds each year claiming they are captive-bred, concludes an investigation by wildlife trade experts.

• Should new species be kept secret?
• 'Record year' for ivory seizures
• Shark nations failing on pledges
• Secret illegal rare species trade

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Rodent thieves 'forest saviours'

Rodents that steal seeds from each other are filling the seed-dispersing role of extinct giant mammals, research suggests.

• Concern over seed dispersal risks
• Nut harvests 'risk fresh growth'
• 'Pleistocene Park' experiment
• Noel nut nixed by gnawing agoutis

• Kenya ivory seized in Thailand

  Nearly half a tonne of ivory worth more than $700,000 is seized at the airport in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, customs officials say.
  

• US approves HIV-prevention drug

  US health regulators for the first time approve a drug to prevent HIV infection, despite warnings it could engender a false sense of security.
  

• Cold blamed for climate bid miss

• UK science to be freely available

• New delay at Finland nuclear site

• UK wildlife 'threatened' by rain

• E Guinea science prize 'shameful'

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