London Zoo: Second Easter in lockdown looms
"I am really worried now that if we don't start getting visitors back in, to get some money to feed...
Science
Covid and bird flu: The other lockdown putting livelihoods at risk
Dealing with the effects of Covid lockdown has been tough enough, but for poultry farmers in Wales there is a...
International Women’s Day: Illustrating the Covid-19 pandemic
"I came across this very interesting piece of information, that people who got Covid-19 were having weird dreams. I thought...
Lab-grown wood could be future of furniture
Speaking on BBC 5 Live's Naga Munchetty Programme, Ms Beckwith said the world was facing an "ever increasing demand for...
Then and now: A ‘megadrought’ in California
The latest update from the US Drought Monitor in December 2020, showed that much of the country's western states were...
Life discovered deep beneath an Antarctic ice sheet ‘shouldn’t be there’
Researchers hoping to collect mud samples deep beneath an Antarctic ice sheet were amazed to find small creatures living in...
Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast
It "has often been seen as a spectacular yet uncommon event at sea, but considering the vastness of the deep...
Human origins: ‘Little Foot’ fossil’s big journey out of Africa
"The main hypothesis is that in modern humans, these vessels are involved in thermoregulation - preventing our brain from becoming...
Radar images capture new Antarctic mega-iceberg
"In contrast, on the western Brunt, where the Halley research station is located, there are no direct observational records of...
Letter demands action over ‘UK nature in freefall’
Dr Richard Benwell, the chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link, added: "First and foremost, we need a powerful target...
Climate change: Carbon emission promises ‘put Earth on red alert’
There is a difference, though, between what governments say and what they do. And many nations have tensions between contradictory...
Why Greenpeace is dropping huge boulders into the sea
A Greenpeace ship has been dropping huge boulders into the sea off Brighton this week to stop fishing boats from...
National Trust to plant blossom trees in cities
The project, part-funded by the People's Postcode Lottery, and supported by Historic England, will begin at a site in London....
AI conquers challenge of 1980s platform games
A number of games used in the research require the user to explore mazes containing rewards, obstacles and hazards. The...
Rare bird: ‘Half-male, half-female’ cardinal snapped in Pennsylvania
"I have been searching for the long-thought-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker for almost two decades, and photographing this rare version of one...
Most pheasants sold for food ‘contain lead shot’
"Over time, it has been banned from a progressively lengthening list of products, including plumbing, paints on things like children's...
Walker Swamp: The mission to restore an Australian wetland
In the shadow of Australia's Grampians National Park lies Walker Swamp, a once-thriving wetland that was artificially drained and farmed...
Australia: Oldest rock art is 17,300-year-old kangaroo
"We radiocarbon dated three wasp nests underlying the painting and three nests built over it to determine, confidently, that the...
