More than 350 people killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across Thailand The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in south-east Asia reportedly climbed past 500 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got under way in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swathes of the three countries this week, killing hundreds and leaving thousands stranded, many on rooftops awaiting rescue. Continue reading...

Scientific Data - A complete reference genome assembly and annotation of the Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

Zhuang et al. define climate-resilient zones with global conservation consensus as marine climate refuges. They find that only 14% of marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation...

Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...

A new study on Red-backed Shrikes reveals that migratory flights are organised into highly structured segments under an internal circannual genetic programme, rather than being solely driven by environment. The findings challenge traditional views of bird migration and raise concerns over how climate‑induced disruptions of external cues may interfere with these deeply programmed flight patterns.

A boom in places offering petting sessions is linked to a rise in the illegal movement of exotic and endangered species, say experts

The three men are from a construction company responsible for maintenance work at Wang Fuk Court housing complex. 

A previously unknown species of hawk-cuckoo has been described from Borneo. The newly recognised taxa was previously considered a population of Dark Hawk-Cuckoo, which is found in Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Bornean birds principally differ from that species (and the closely related Large Hawk-Cuckoo) by their unique three-syllabled main song.

Myanmar’s military has been blowing up parts of the KK Park scam compound. Experts say the actions are likely for show.