Lochs in the Highlands of Scotland are among the most spectacular and pristine wildlife areas in Britain, attracting tourists from around the world. They are…
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‘Try not to step on any toads!’: David Attenborough’s camera wizards on how to film Britain’s wildlife
Ferocious oceanic storms. Biting ants. Venomous snakes coiling round camera equipment. Weeks sat in icy water. But mostly weather. British weather. Gloom, hailstones, mud and…
View More ‘Try not to step on any toads!’: David Attenborough’s camera wizards on how to film Britain’s wildlifeAnimal Rebellion activists vow to disrupt UK milk supplies
Vegan activists have vowed to cause massive disruption to the UK’s milk supplies this month, as they demand the government supports a transition to a…
View More Animal Rebellion activists vow to disrupt UK milk suppliesPig to human heart transplants are the future. Are we ready for it?
Shards of electricity burned through Mr P’s flesh. Layers upon layers of subcutaneous fat unraveled, filling the operating room with a pungent, metallic odor, like…
View More Pig to human heart transplants are the future. Are we ready for it?She experimented on primates for decades. Now she wants to shut down the labs
“Right here! Beneath our feet! Are 300 monkeys! They haven’t seen sunshine! In years!” Lisa Jones-Engel stands outside the entrance to the Washington National Primate…
View More She experimented on primates for decades. Now she wants to shut down the labsUK chickens can be ‘free-range’ despite never going outside, due to loophole
A loophole in government regulations means that chickens can still be called free-range even though they are no longer allowed outside because of the outbreak…
View More UK chickens can be ‘free-range’ despite never going outside, due to loophole‘I just want to leave with the calf’: the US activist befriending farmers
In an era of undercover investigations, hidden videos and potential prison sentences for those involved in trespassing, US livestock farmers are not known for welcoming…
View More ‘I just want to leave with the calf’: the US activist befriending farmers‘They’re cooking them alive’: calls to ban ‘cruel’ killing methods on US farms
Vets and animal advocates in the US are calling for restrictions on “cruel” methods of culling birds, as farmers face killing millions of poultry due…
View More ‘They’re cooking them alive’: calls to ban ‘cruel’ killing methods on US farmsUK risks falling behind on reducing farm antibiotics after EU ban
The reputation of British farming is at risk after its failure to follow the EU in curbing the overuse of antibiotics in healthy animals, say…
View More UK risks falling behind on reducing farm antibiotics after EU banWhy pig-to-human heart transplant is for now only a last resort
The world’s first transplant of a genetically altered pig heart into an ailing human is a landmark for medical science, but the operation, and the…
View More Why pig-to-human heart transplant is for now only a last resort