Cornish charity backs push for legal protection of resting seals
BBC Newsby Jake Wallace·5 Sept 2026
- Published A charity is backing a campaign calling for stronger legal protection for seals, saying human disturbance is harming their health and welfare.
Plea to give Thames seals space for everyone's safety
BBC Newsby Thomas Magill·5 Sept 2026
- Published Marmalade the harbour seal was a familiar visitor to the River Thames, often popping up at Greenwich and Rotherhithe in south-east London.
Manx space group urges election election candidates to back treaty
BBC Newsby Josh Cann·5 Sept 2026
- Published Candidates standing in the Isle of Man's general election have been sent letters asking them to back the island signing up to an international space treaty.
Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales
BBC Newsby Neil Prior·4 Sept 2026
- Published Researchers believe the first known humans to set foot on Ireland thousands of years ago were most likely from Wales, following the "exciting" discovery of ancient cave art.
Nigerians die after inhaling toxic fumes during alleged pipeline theft, community group says
BBC Newsby Makuochi Okafor; Karina Igonikon·4 Sept 2026
- Published At least 37 people have died after inhaling toxic fumes while allegedly stealing petrol from a pipeline in Nigeria's Rivers State, an environmental group in the oil-rich region says.
Isle of May puffin numbers plummet after extreme weather
BBC News·4 Sept 2026
- Published Puffin numbers in one of the UK's largest colonies have suffered after a drop in food supplies and extreme weather conditions, conservationists have warned.
Dedicated officer to combat homes pumping sewage into waterways
BBC News·4 Sept 2026
- Published A dedicated officer is to be hired in west London in a trial to combat the problem of water-polluting misconnections.
Islandmagee: Bronze Age whale fossil found at Portmuck Harbour
BBC Newsby Eve Rosato·4 Sept 2026
- Published The head of a whale, believed to date back to the Bronze Age, has been discovered buried on a beach in Islandmagee.
Indian farmers struggle to meet the demand for avocados
BBC Newsby Priti Gupta·4 Sept 2026
- Published Fifteen years ago there was almost no market for avocados in India, remembers Sunil Bopaiah.
'Miracle' eagle with broken wing soars over Scottish coast
BBC Newsby Victoria Gill·4 Sept 2026
- Published A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving into adulthood with a badly broken wing has been spotted back in the skies above Scotland's west coast.
Wife of Bala farmer who fell into slurry pit says workers face stress
BBC Newsby Sara Down-Roberts; Adam Hale·2 Sept 2026
- Published The widow of a farmer who died after he fell into a slurry pit has spoken about the stresses facing workers after a rise in deaths.
Bristol scientists may have found first evidence of dark matter
BBC Newsby Dawn Limbu·2 Sept 2026
- Published Scientists believe they may be one step closer to detecting dark matter for the first time, but the findings have not been verified by independent researchers.
How a small island in Canada appeared, vanished, and was found again
BBC Newsby Nadine Yousif·1 Sept 2026
- Published A small, floating island on a lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia has been spotted again after officials lost track of it on satellite images following its initial...
One still missing after Grand Canyon floods kill two and prompts rescue efforts
BBC Newsby Grace Eliza Goodwin·1 Sept 2026
- Published All but one person missing after flash flooding devastated parts of the Grand Canyon has now been found, the National Parks Service (NPS) says.
Rare butterfly spotted at Cornwall's Eden Project
BBC Newsby Britta Zeltmann·1 Sept 2026
- Published A rare continental butterfly has been spotted in Cornwall as warmer weather draws more migrant species to the UK, an attraction says.
Ceredigion family's fear for hydropower worker missing after Nepal flood
BBC Newsby Sara Down-Roberts·1 Sept 2026
- Published A woman in Wales says she has "lost hope" as she awaits news of a family member in Nepal who is missing following the massive flash flood last week.
Nasa launches Nancy Grace Roman telescope to explore Universe's mysteries
BBC Newsby Grace Eliza Goodwin·30 Aug 2026
- Published Nasa's powerful next-generation telescope has blasted off into space from its launchpad in Florida, with a mission to explore dark energy, black holes and other mysteries of the...
Charity thanks HMP La Moye inmates for work to save hedgehogs
BBC Newsby Lisa Young·30 Aug 2026
- Published An animal charity has thanked prison inmates for helping to save hedgehogs' lives. Prisoners in HMP La Moye, in St Brelade, have given Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group 20 feeding and...
Hertfordshire nature reserves spot rare species during heatwaves
BBC Newsby Amy Holmes·30 Aug 2026
- Published A wildlife trust said some species had been spotted in nature reserves this summer for the first time in years.
Why space weather matters on Earth, and the team trying to protect us
BBC Newsby Sabrina Lee; Gareth Bryer·28 Aug 2026
- Published At the Met Office headquarters, the screens in one corner of the control centre are focussed on close up imagery of the Sun.
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