Bumblebee nests may be overheating, killing off broods and placing one of the Earth’s critical pollinators in decline as temperatures rise, new research has found.…
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World 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‘We found 700 different species’: astonishing array of wildlife discovered in Cambodia mangroves
One of the most comprehensive biodiversity surveys ever carried out in a mangrove forest has revealed that an astonishing array of wildlife makes its home…
View More ‘We found 700 different species’: astonishing array of wildlife discovered in Cambodia mangrovesDeath toll rises to seven in Malawi elephant relocation project linked to Prince Harry NGO
Four more people have died after an elephant translocation overseen by two wildlife organisations, including one that was headed by Prince Harry, in a protected…
View More Death toll rises to seven in Malawi elephant relocation project linked to Prince Harry NGO‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaigners
Conservationists have praised the launch of a new government strategy to revive the remaining fragments of the vast temperate rainforests that were once “one of…
View More ‘Jewel of Britain’s nature crown’: Plan to restore rainforest welcomed by campaignersRock climbers like to connect with nature – but are they also destroying it?
When Laura Boggess first visited the cliff face in Boone, North Carolina, she admired the colourful rock tripe covering the vertical surface, and the green…
View More Rock climbers like to connect with nature – but are they also destroying it?Number of species at risk of extinction doubles to 2 million, says study
Two million species are at risk of extinction, a figure that is double previous UN estimates, new analysis has found. While scientists have long documented…
View More Number of species at risk of extinction doubles to 2 million, says studyFifth of known species on Earth found in Unesco world heritage sites – survey
A fifth of known life on Earth can be found in Unesco world heritage sites, according to the first survey of the planet’s most important…
View More Fifth of known species on Earth found in Unesco world heritage sites – surveyWater wars: meet the guardians of one of Europe’s most vital wetlands
In the heart of Spain’s Doñana national park, a battle is being waged to safeguard one of the most important wetlands in Europe. Doñana, with…
View More Water wars: meet the guardians of one of Europe’s most vital wetlandsOne of Britain’s largest sunken forests reveals its secrets
On a broad expanse of beach overlooked by towering cliffs on the UK’s south coast, a ghost forest can be glimpsed at low tide. Easily…
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