Hot and dry weather could lead to butterfly 'population crash'
BBC Newsby Chloe Parkman·16d ago
- Published Butterfly and day-flying moth numbers recorded across Devon and Cornwall this summer have been "very good" - but experts fear prolonged hot and dry weather could lead to a decline.
Studland seahorse habitats 'healing' thanks to eco moorings
BBC News·16d ago
- Published Scars caused to rare seahorse habitats by boat anchors off the Dorset coast are starting to heal, thanks to the installation of new moorings.
Indonesia Carstensz Pyramid: Papua's 'eternal snow' on Puncak Jaya is about to disappear forever
BBC Newsby Abraham Utama·16d ago
- Published The mountains of Papua are not far from the equator, but they've been topped with "eternal snow" for centuries.
Lake District space museum launched by Britain's first astronaut
BBC Newsby Hannah Mitchell; Jennie Dennett·16d ago
- Published A new space flight museum has been opened at a Lake District observatory. Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman visited Grizedale Observatory and Planetarium on Friday to officially...
Endangered dormice on Babers Farm signal healthy landscape
BBC News·17d ago
- Published Endangered dormice have been found on a farm that has been working to improve biodiversity and nature habitats.
X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
BBC Newsby Michael Dempsey·17d ago
- Published There's a weird and wonderful jet flying over the US. It has the nose of anteater, parts cannibalised from other planes and a cockpit so far back the pilot depends on a camera to see...
Blood test call for people potentially impacted by cancer-causing chemicals in the ground
BBC Newsby Steffan Messenger; Lucy Ballinger·17d ago
- Published When she moved to the countryside two years ago, Natalie Dugdale thought it would be the perfect spot to raise her family.
'Perfect storm’ could lead to rubbish piling up on Scotland's streets, experts warn
BBC Newsby Kevin Keane·18d ago
- Published Scotland's waste sector is on the verge of a crisis which could see rubbish piling up on the streets, experts have warned.
September full Moon 2026: When to see the Harvest Moon
BBC Newsby Emily Wood·18d ago
- Published September's full Moon will be visible in UK skies this weekend, just days after the autumn equinox.
Millions of heads of lettuce ruined by aphid outbreak
BBC Newsby Caitlin Doherty·18d ago
- Published Millions of lettuces are set to be wasted as farmers are grappling with a record outbreak of aphids that has devastated the end of their growing season.
Farmers' race for £233m funding like 'scramble for Oasis tickets'
BBC Newsby Malcolm Prior·19d ago
- Published Thousands of farmers missed out on vital government funding after online applications for a £233m green scheme for the whole of England closed down in under six hours.
Rare snails lay eggs on drive from Wales to Wingham Wildlife Park
BBC Newsby Hannah Roe·19d ago
- Published A rare snail found in just one lake in the UK started laying eggs on its six-hour journey from Wales to Kent, as a zoo joined a nationwide effort to save the species.
Renewables: Grid shortages are forcing India to produce and waste green energy
BBC Newsby Nikhil Inamdar·19d ago
- Published On a hot July afternoon this year, electricity generated from renewable energy briefly met over half of India's peak power demand - only the second time this happened.
Spain battles climate change on several fronts
BBC Newsby Guy Hedgecoe·20d ago
- Published In a small green meadow in the Gredos mountains, west of Madrid, a couple of dozen cows belonging to Juan Ángel Izquierdo and his family are grazing.
New £1m grant to help protect Gloucestershire green spaces
BBC Newsby David Smith; Dawn Limbu; Matty Edwards·22d ago
- Published A £1m fund has been set up to help local communities protect threatened green spaces.
Bristol Harbour clean-up group celebrates 10 years of odd finds
BBC Newsby Dawn Limbu·22d ago
- Published A voluntary clean-up group is marking a decade of finding unusual items in Bristol Harbour, ranging from an inflatable doll to a Nintendo Switch.
When did grey squirrels start posing a threat to reds in the UK?
BBC Newsby Ian Shoesmith·22d ago
- Published Endangered red squirrel populations have plummeted from about 3.5 million to less than 300,000 in the UK, with their grey-haired rivals continuing to thrive.
Hummingbird hawk moths and ivy bees: The insects growing in number as temperatures rise
BBC Newsby Shehnaz Khan·23d ago
- Published As parts of the West Midlands baked in warmer temperatures this summer, species once considered unusual in the region, such as hummingbird hawk moths, ivy bees and the wasp spider have...
Michael Sheen had 'constructive' meeting with first minister over toxic dumping claims
BBC Newsby Maria Cassidy·23d ago
- Published Hollywood actor Michael Sheen said he had a "constructive" meeting with First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth over toxic dumping claims raised in his BBC documentary.
Burst pipe floods Oxfordshire wildlife meadow for fourth time
BBC Newsby Jon Cuthill·24d ago
- Published A wildlife charity fears it could lose a funding grant after a burst pipe prevented vital conservation work.
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