Billions of cicadas that have spent 17 years underground are set to emerge across large areas of the eastern US, bringing swarming numbers and loud…
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Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990
The number of wild bee species recorded by an international database of life on Earth has declined by a quarter since 1990, according to a…
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“Contracted” is the word that springs to mind as I look closely at the log I’ve pulled from the pile in my garden. It’s cold…
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Can you handle a beast as heavy as a small car, that can hurdle high fences from a standing start, and is a peaceful bulldozer…
View More Wanted: UK bison rangers, no previous experience expectedGovernment breaks promise to maintain ban on bee-harming pesticide
A pesticide believed to kill bees has been authorised for use in England despite an EU-wide ban two years ago and an explicit government pledge…
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A growing number of “cryptic species” hiding in plain sight have been unmasked in the past year, driven in part by the rise of DNA…
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