‘A mockery’: Great Barrier Reef Foundation raises just $21m of $357m...
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has raised only $21.7m out of a target of $357m in donations more than two years after it was...
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest drop in heat-trapping emissions in human history, according to a new study.
Lockdowns, travel bans and...
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Essen, Germany. A house sparrow flies to the ripe ears of a barley field. As well as insects and their larvae, the sociable birds...
Brussels failing to protect bees, says watchdog
Bees and other wild pollinators are not being protected from decline by the EU, with loopholes even allowing for the use of banned pesticides...
Boris Johnson says newts are a drag on the UK’s economy....
Lingering in the shallows of a south Norfolk pond, voracious amphibians are resting ahead of a night gorging on slugs, worms and insects. The...
UK air pollution still down despite return to normal traffic –...
Air pollution has remained at lower levels in UK towns and cities despite a return to near-normal traffic levels after the easing of coronavirus...
Swim on sharks, nothing to see here: could fake kelp prevent...
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Wildlife traffickers target lion, jaguar and leopard body parts as tiger...
Lion, jaguar and leopard body parts are being increasingly sought as substitutes to tiger products by traffickers, a major UN report has found, but...
Brenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin vs the Gigantic Floating Gas Refinery...
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Wild bison to return to UK for first time in 6,000...
Wild bison are to return to the UK for the first time in 6,000 years, with the release of a small herd in Kent...
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