I love going back to the same riverside path at the edge of the city. It’s so familiar, but thanks to nature no visit is…
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Exotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in Cornwall
Some are small and jumpy; others are large and intimidating – if you’re a humble housefly. Exotic spiders are flourishing in Britain as international trade…
View More Exotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in CornwallNoise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds
Noise pollution from traffic stunts growth in baby birds, even while inside the egg, research has found. Unhatched birds and hatchlings that are exposed to…
View More Noise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study findsFossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India
Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at…
View More Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western IndiaBumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week
Bumblebees might be at home in town and country but now researchers have found at least one species that is even more adaptable: it can…
View More Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a weekWorld faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts
Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned.…
View More World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tell
I never expected a later-life love affair. But a few years ago, I was commissioned to write a book on garden insects and the earth…
View More ‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tellFox bones at ancient burial site suggest animal may have been kept as pet
The remains of a fox unearthed at a human burial site in Argentina dating back 1,500 years has raised the possibility the animal may have…
View More Fox bones at ancient burial site suggest animal may have been kept as pet‘Vital for looking after the soil’: fears as UK earthworm population declines
In 2019, 15,000 children from primary schools across the UK went out to their local playing field. Instead of kicking a ball around, they dug…
View More ‘Vital for looking after the soil’: fears as UK earthworm population declinesWhat do animals do during an eclipse? Observers in US zoos hope to find out
Not every scientist’s attention will be focused on the skies during Monday’s solar eclipse. Animal behaviorists at several zoos across its pathway will be watching…
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