The BBC nature presenter Chris Packham has joined hundreds of environmental activists in a mock funeral procession for nature to spotlight biodiversity loss in the…
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Fossil 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 expertsClimate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study finds
A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly…
View More Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study finds‘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 mangroves‘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 tellEarthworm – the soil-maker, without whom we’d struggle to feed ourselves
The people have spoken and the choice of Guardian readers for the final nominee for UK invertebrate of the year is resounding: all hail Lumbricus…
View More Earthworm – the soil-maker, without whom we’d struggle to feed ourselves‘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 declines‘The Bermuda triangle for birds’: Hen harriers face threat of grouse season
The sweeping edge of the Pennines at Geltsdale is a cathedral for birdsong on a still spring evening. Everything from thrushes to curlew are calling…
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