The bird species has long ridden dramatic population swings. About 3,000 snail kites lived in Florida in 2001, but a severe drought that year devastated the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, cutting the ...
The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.
Meet the impressive record-breaking species of the animal kingdom, from the the fastest shark, to the hairiest mammal or the loudest animal.
Water sources are depleting in the Pilbara as the arid region endures a summer with little rainfall and temperatures close to 50C. The $6.5 million Menindee fish passage trial is now in year two and ...